Farris v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 24

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 23 of Magistrate Judge Bernard Jones the court reverses the decision of the Commissioner and remands the case for further administrative proceedings consistent with the attached Report and Recommendation. Signed by Honorable Joe Heaton on 05/25/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Attachment Report and Recommendation)(lam)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
MARK ANTHONY FARRIS,
Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration,
Defendant.

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NO. CIV-16-0359-HE

ORDER
Plaintiff Mark Farris appeals from the final decision of the Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration denying his application for disability insurance benefits and
supplemental security income benefits. The matter was referred to U.S. Magistrate Judge
Bernard M. Jones for initial proceedings consistent with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Judge
Jones has submitted a Report and Recommendation (the “Report”) recommending that the
Commissioner’s decision be reversed and the case remanded for further administrative
proceedings. The Report concludes the Commissioner’s decision did not sufficiently
account for an apparent conflict between the minimum requirements of the jobs identified
by the agency’s vocational expert and the administrative law judge’s finding that plaintiff
must perform simple and routine work. Objections to the Report were due by May 11,
2017. No objection has been filed.
Having declined to object to the Report and Recommendation, the parties have
waived their right to appellate review of the factual and legal issues it addressed. United
States v. One Parcel of Real Property, 73 F.3d 1057, 1059–60 (10th Cir. 1996); see 28

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C).

Accordingly, the court ADOPTS the Report [Doc. #23],

REVERSES the decision of the Commissioner and REMANDS the case for further
administrative proceedings consistent with the Report, a copy of which is attached to this
order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 25th day of May, 2017.

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