Banks v. Colvin
Filing
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DECISION AND ORDER adopting 15 Report and Recommendations, granting 11 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, and denying 13 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. Signed by Hon. Michael A. Telesca on 10/12/2017. (CDH)-CLERK TO FOLLOW UP-
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
CARRIE E. BANKS,
Plaintiff,
-vs-
No. 1:15-CV-00983 (MAT)
DECISION AND ORDER
NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.
Represented by counsel, Carrie E. Banks (“plaintiff”) brings
this action pursuant to Titles II and XVI of the Social Security
Act, seeking review of the final decision of the Commissioner of
Social Security (“the Commissioner”) denying her applications for
disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income.
The Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g). The matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross
motions for judgment on the pleadings. The parties’ motions were
referred to Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer for consideration of
the factual and legal issues presented, and to prepare and file a
Report
and
Recommendation
(“R&R”)
containing
a
recommended
disposition of the issues raised.
By R&R dated September 20, 2017, Judge Roemer recommended that
the case be remanded for further administrative proceedings, for
the reasons described therein.
notified
that
they
were
given
Docket No. 15.
14
days
Both parties were
within
which
to
objections; however, neither party has filed an objection.
file
Within fourteen days after a party has been served with a copy
of a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, the party “may
serve
and
file
specific,
written
objections
to
the
proposed
findings and recommendations.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). “Where no
objection is made to a report and recommendation, or the parties
make frivolous, conclusive, or general objections, only ‘clear
error’ review is required by the district court.”
Teixeria v. St.
Jude Med. S.C., Inc., 193 F. Supp. 3d 218, 222 (W.D.N.Y. 2016).
“After conducting the appropriate review, the district judge may
‘accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge.’”
Id. (quoting 28
U.S.C. § 636(b)). No objections having been filed, the Court has
reviewed the R&R for clear error and finds none.
CONCLUSION
Accordingly, the R&R (Docket No. 15) is approved and adopted
in its entirety.
The Commissioner’s motion for judgment on the
pleadings (Docket No. 13) is denied, and plaintiff’s motion for
judgment on the pleadings (Docket No. 11) is granted to the extent
that the case is remanded for further administrative proceedings.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS SO ORDERED.
S/Michael A. Telesca
HON. MICHAEL A. TELESCA
United States District Judge
Dated:
October 12, 2017
Rochester, New York.
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