Bancroft v. Commissioner Social Security Administration

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ORDER - No party having made objections, this Court follows the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and reviews Judge Acosta's Findings and Recommendation for clear error on the face of the record. No such error is apparent. Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge Acosta's Findings and Recommendation, ECF 22 . The Court AFFIRMS the Commissioner's decision that Plaintiff is not disabled. Signed on 1/8/2021 by Judge Michael H. Simon. (mja)

Case 3:19-cv-01837-AC

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON

JAMES B.,1

Case No. 3:19-cv-1837-AC
Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.
ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of
Social Security,
Defendant.

Michael H. Simon, District Judge.
United States Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta issued Findings and Recommendation in
this case on December 22, 2020. ECF 22. Judge Acosta recommended that this Court affirm the
Commissioner’s decision finding that Plaintiff was not disabled. No party has filed objections.
Under the Federal Magistrates Act (“Act”), the court may “accept, reject, or modify, in
whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate.” 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1). If a party files objections to a magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations,

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In the interest of privacy, this Order uses only the first name and the initial of the last
name of the non-governmental party in this case.
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“the court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified
proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” Id.; Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).
If no party objects, the Act does not prescribe any standard of review. See Thomas v.
Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 152 (1985) (“There is no indication that Congress, in enacting [the Act],
intended to require a district judge to review a magistrate’s report to which no objections are
filed.”); United States. v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (holding
that the court must review de novo magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations if objection
is made, “but not otherwise”).
Although review is not required in the absence of objections, the Act “does not preclude
further review by the district judge[] sua sponte . . . under a de novo or any other standard.”
Thomas, 474 U.S. at 154. Indeed, the Advisory Committee Notes to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)
recommend that “[w]hen no timely objection is filed,” the court review the magistrate judge’s
findings and recommendations for “clear error on the face of the record.”
No party having made objections, this Court follows the recommendation of the Advisory
Committee and reviews Judge Acosta’s Findings and Recommendation for clear error on the
face of the record. No such error is apparent. Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge Acosta’s
Findings and Recommendation, ECF 22. The Court AFFIRMS the Commissioner’s decision that
Plaintiff is not disabled.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 8th day of January, 2021.
/s/ Michael H. Simon
Michael H. Simon
United States District Judge

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