Snearly v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 22

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 21 of Magistrate Judge Gary Purcell...the Commissioner's decision is affirmed...see order for specifics. Signed by Honorable Joe Heaton on 08/15/2017. (lam)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
DAVID GROVER SNEARLY,
Plaintiff,
vs.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration,
Defendant.

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NO. CIV-16-1302-HE

ORDER
Plaintiff David Grover Snearly filed this action seeking judicial review of the final
decision of the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration denying his
applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits.
Consistent with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), the case was referred to Magistrate Judge Gary
M. Purcell, who recommends that the Commissioner’s decision be affirmed.
Plaintiff filed his applications for benefits and, when they were denied initially and
on reconsideration, he requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). ,
The ALJ issued an unfavorable decision on June 24, 2015, after a hearing. When the
Appeals Council denied plaintiff’s request for review, the ALJ’s decision became the final
decision of the Commissioner.
Plaintiff failed to object to the Report and Recommendation. He thereby waived his
right to appellate review of the factual and legal issues it addressed. Casanova v. Ulibarri,
595 F.3d 1120, 1123 (10th Cir. 2010); see 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1)(C).

Accordingly, the court adopts Magistrate Judge Purcell’s Report and
Recommendation. The Commissioner’s decision is AFFIRMED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 15th day of August, 2017.

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