Hunt v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

Filing 16

Opinion & Order signed by Judge James S. Gwin on 1/22/19. The Court, for the reasons set forth in this order, adopts the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and affirms the Administrative Law Judge's decision. (Related Docs. 1 and 15 ) (D,MA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
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DAVID HUNT,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
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SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
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Defendant.
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Case No. 5:17-cv-2089
OPINION & ORDER
[Resolving Doc. 15]

JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
In this case, Plaintiff David Hunt challenges the Social Security Administration’s
(“SSA”) denial of his application for disability benefits.1
Hunt alleges that, since at least February 2013, he has suffered from a variety of
psychological ailments, including bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety,
and major depressive disorder.2
Accordingly, in September 2014, Plaintiff Hunt applied for social security disability
benefits. 3 However, SSA denied Plaintiff’s application and his subsequent request for
reconsideration.4 After an October 2016 hearing, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) also
concluded that Plaintiff was not disabled.5 The SSA Appeals Council declined to review the
ALJ’s decision.6

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Doc. 1.
Doc. 13 at 3–8.
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Doc. 10 at 166–67.
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Id. at 90–106.
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Id. at 11–26.
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Id. at 5–10.
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Case No. 5:17-cv-2089
Gwin, J.

Plaintiff now asks the Court to reverse the ALJ’s denial of benefits.7 Magistrate Judge
Burke issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending that the Court affirm the ALJ’s
decision.8 Neither party objected to that recommendation.
If a party had objected to the Report and Recommendation, the Court would consider
the objected-to findings and conclusions de novo.9 However, because neither party has
objected, they have waived the Court’s review. 10 Moreover, the Court agrees with the
Magistrate Judge’s conclusions.
Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation
and AFFIRMS the ALJ’s decision.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/

Dated: January 22, 2019

James S. Gwin

JAMES S. GWIN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Doc. 1.
Doc. 15.
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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
10
Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–50 (1985) (holding that Congress did not intend to “require district court
review of a magistrate judge’s factual or legal conclusions . . . when neither party objects to those findings.”).
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