Thomas v. Colvin

Filing 20

ORDER granting 14 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; denying 16 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; adopting 19 Memorandum and Recommendations. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 3/17/2017. (Briggeman, N.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN DIVISION No. 4:16-CV-15-D CHERYL DENISE THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. ) ) ) ) ) ORDER ) NANCY A. BERRYHILL, ) Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) On February 15, 2017, Magistrate Judge Numbers issued a Memorandum and Re.commendation ("M&R") [D.E. 19] and recommended that plaintiffs motion for judgment on the pleadings [D.E. 14] be grante~, that defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings [D.E. 16] be denied, and that the action be remanded to the Commissioner. Neither party objected to the M&R. "The Federal Magistrates Act requires a district court to make a de novo determination ofthose portions ofthe magistrate judge's report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co., 416 F .3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (emphasis, alteration, and quotation omitted); see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). Absent a timely objection, "a district court need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation." Diamond, 416 F .3d at 315 (quotation omitted). The court has reviewed the M&R, the record, and the briefs. The court is satisfied that there is no clear error on the f~e of the record. Accordingly, the court adopts the conclusions in the M&R [D.E. 19]. Plaintiffs motion for judgment on the pleadings [D.E. 14] is GRANTED, defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings [D.E. 16] is DENIED, and the action is REMANDED to the Commissioner under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). SO ORDERED. This _r:!_ day ofMarch 2017. Chief United States District Judge 2 .

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