Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Filing 16

Order Adopting 15 Report and Recommendation affirming Commissioner's final determination denying Plaintiff's application for a Period of Disability and Disability Insurance Benefits. Judge Donald C. Nugent 12/21/15(C,KA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION

MARY WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social
Security,
Defendant.

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CASE NO. 1: 15 CV 68
JUDGE DONALD C. NUGENT
ORDER ADOPTING
MAGISTRATE’S REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION

This matter comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate
Judge Greg White. The Report and Recommendation (ECF # 15), issued on November 10,
2015, is hereby ADOPTED by this Court.

Plaintiff sought review of the Commissioner’s

decision denying her claim for a Period of Disability (“POD”) and Disability Insurance Benefits
(“DIB”), under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416(1), 423, et seq. The matter is
before the Court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §405(g). The Magistrate Judge recommends that the
final decision of the Commissioner be affirmed. Specifically, the Magistrate Judge determined
that the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards and found the Commissioner’s
decision denying Plaintiff’s application for both POD and DIB to be supported by substantial
evidence. Plaintiff has not filed an objection to the Report and Recommendation.
The Court has reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation, see Ohio Citizen
Action v. City of Seven Hills, 35 F. Supp. 2d 575, 577 (N.D. Ohio 1999). After careful evaluation
of the record, this Court adopts the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Magistrate
Judge as its own. Magistrate Judge White thoroughly and exhaustively reviewed this case, and

correctly determined that the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards and that the
Commissioner’s decision denying Plaintiff’s application for a Period of Disability and Disability
Insurance Benefits was supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, the Report and
Recommendation of Magistrate Judge White (ECF #15) is hereby ADOPTED. The
Commissioner’s final determination denying Plaintiff’s application for a Period of Disability and
Disability Insurance Benefits is hereby AFFIRMED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/Donald C. Nugent
DONALD C. NUGENT
United States District Judge
DATED__December 21, 2015