COATES v. COLVIN

Filing 18

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED. MR. COATES REQUEST FOR REVIEW IS GRANTED AND THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS REVERSED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE MATTER IS REMANDED TO THE COMMISSIONE R FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS CONSISTENT WITH JUDGE PERKIN'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. JUDGMENT IS ENTERED IN FAVOR OF MR. COATES, THEREBY REVERSING THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONERFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS REMAND ONLY AND THE CLERK OF COURT SHALL MARK THIS CASE CLOSED FOR ALL PURPOSES INCLUDING STATISTICS. SIGNED BY HONORABLE GENE E.K. PRATTER ON 6/17/15. 6/18/15 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(mbh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JON E. COATES,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner, Social Security
Administration,
Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION

No. 13-6336

ORDER
AND NOW, this 17th day of June, 2015, upon consideration of Mr. Coates’s Brief and
Statement of Issues in Support of Request for Review, Defendant’s Response to Mr. Coates’s
Request for Review, and Mr. Coates’s Reply, and after review of United States Magistrate Judge
Henry S. Perkin’s Report and Recommendation, to which no objections have been filed, 1 it is
hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED;
2. Mr. Coates’s Request for Review is GRANTED, and the decision of the
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is REVERSED to the extent that
the matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner under sentence four of 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g) for further proceedings consistent with Judge Perkin’s Report and
Recommendation;
3. JUDGMENT IS ENTERED in favor of Mr. Coates, thereby reversing the decision of
the Commissioner for the purpose of this remand only; and
4. the Clerk of Court shall mark this case CLOSED for all purposes, including statistics.
BY THE COURT:
S/Gene E.K. Pratter
GENE E.K. PRATTER
United States District Judge
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The Local Rules provide that “[a]ny party may object to a magistrate judge’s order
determining a motion or matter . . . within fourteen (14) days after issuance of the magistrate
judge’s order . . . .” E.D. Pa. Local R. Civ. P. 72.1(IV)(a). Judge Perkin issued his Report and
Recommendation on May 29, 2015 (Docket No. 16); objections were therefore due June 12,
2015.