Collins v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 23

DECISION AND ENTRY adopting Report and Recommendations re 21 Report and Recommendations.Signed by Judge Timothy S. Black on 6/16/2020. (rrs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION
MACHELLE COLLINS,
Plaintiff,
vs.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.

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Case No. 1:18-cv-268
Judge Timothy S. Black
Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz

DECISION AND ENTRY
ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF
THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (Doc. 21) AND
TERMINATING THIS CASE IN THIS COURT
This case is before the Court pursuant to the Order of General Reference to United
States Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz. Pursuant to such reference, the Magistrate
Judge reviewed the pleadings and, on April 20, 2020, docketed a Report and
Recommendation. (Doc. 21). No objections were filed.
As required by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), the Court has
reviewed the comprehensive findings of the Magistrate Judge and considered de novo all
of the filings in this matter. Upon consideration of the foregoing, the Court finds that the
Report and Recommendation should be and is hereby adopted in its entirety.
Accordingly:
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The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21) is ADOPTED;

2.

The Commissioner’s motion to remand (Doc. 19) is GRANTED;

3.

This case is REMANDED to the Commissioner, in accordance with the
fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for proceedings consistent with the
Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21); and

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The Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly, whereupon this case is
TERMINATED on the docket of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date:

6/16/2020

s/Timothy S. Black
Timothy S. Black
United States District Judge

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