Keyser v. Commissioner Social Security Administration

Filing 22

ORDER: Findings and Recommendation 18 is adopted. The Commissioner's decision is affirmed. Ordered and Signed on 03/18/2010 by Judge Owen M. Panner. (km)

FILEIi'10 tlAR 181:3:07lJSDC-ORM

I N THE UNITED STATES D I S T R I C T COURT FOR THE D I S T R I C T OF OREGON PAMELA KEYSER, Civ. No. 08-1268-CL Plaintiff,

v.
MICHAEL J . ASTRUE, Commissioner, Social Security, Defendant.

ORDER

PANNER, D i s t r i c t J u d g e :
M a g i s t r a t e J u d g e M a r k D. C l a r k e f i l e d a R e p o r t a n d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n , a n d t h e m a t t e r i s now b e f o r e t h i s c o u r t . U.S.C.
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See 28

6 3 6 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( B ) , F e d . R. C i v . P . 7 2 ( b ) .

When e i t h e r p a r t y

objects to any portion of a Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, the d i s t r i c t court must make a de novo determination of that portion of the Magistrate Judge's report. 28 U.S.C.
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636 (b) (1) (C); McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore I n c . , 656 F. 2d 1309, 1313 (9th Cir. 1981). I

Bus. Mach.,

Here, p l a i n t i f f objects to the Report and Recommendation. 1ORDER

have, t h e r e f o r e , g i v e n t h i s m a t t e r d e n o v o r e v i e w .

I agree with

the Report and Recommendation t h a t while the ALJ e r r e d i n f a i l i n g to identify which of p l a i n t i f f ' s s k i l l s were transferable the semiskilled occupation of cashier I, the error does not require reversal. Substantial evidence supported the ALJ's findings that

plaintiff could perform the unskilled occupation of cashier II, and that a significant number of cashier I I jobs e x i s t in Oregon. A c c o r d i n g l y , I ADOPT t h e R e p o r t a n d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f M a g i s t r a t e Judge Clarke. CONCLUSION Magistrate Judge Clarke's Report and Recommendation (#18) i s adopted. The Commissioner's decision i s affirmed.

I T I S SO ORDERED. DATED t h i s

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day of March, 2010.

OWEN M. PANNER U . S . D I S T R I C T JUDGE

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