Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 20

Order: The Magistrate Judge's R&R (Doc. 18 ) be, and the same hereby is, adopted as the order of this Court. The Commissioner's decision denying the plaintiff's application for benefits be, and the same hereby is, affirmed.Judge James G. Carr on 5/15/17. (Attachments: # 1 R&R)(C,D)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION

Michelle Renee Smith,

Case No. 3:16CV1073

Plaintiff
v.

ORDER

Nancy A. Berryhill,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant

This is a Social Security case in which the plaintiff, Michelle Smith, appeals from the
Commissioner’s decision denying her application for benefits.
An administrative law judge found that Smith, though suffering from multiple severe
impairments, was not disabled because: 1) she had the residual functional capacity to perform work
involving lifting, pushing, and pulling up to twenty pounds and that would require no more than six
hours of standing, walking, or sitting; and 2) a significant number of jobs matching those limitations
existed in the national economy. (Doc. 10 at 153–58, 159).
Pending is Magistrate Judge Limbert’s Report and Recommendation, which recommends that
I affirm the Commissioner’s decision. (Doc. 18).
In particular, the Magistrate Judge found that substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s
decision to afford significant weight to the opinions of two state-agency psychological consultants,
but to reject their opinions that Smith “required a calm, consistent setting with . . . no fast-paced
production demands.” (Id. at 12–14).

Smith has filed a notice that she has no objections to the R&R. (Doc. 19).
Because the failure to object to an R&R amounts to a waiver of Smith’s right to de novo
review, Amison v. Legg, 2015 WL 853526, *1 (N.D. Ohio) (Lioi, J.), and because in any event I find
the R&R to be well-taken, it is hereby
ORDERED THAT:
1.

The Magistrate Judge’s R&R (Doc. 18) be, and the same hereby is, adopted as the
order of this Court; and

2.

The Commissioner’s decision denying the plaintiff’s application for benefits be, and
the same hereby is, affirmed.

So ordered.
/s/ James G. Carr
Sr. U.S. District Judge

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