Houdeshel v. Colvin

Filing 18

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry): IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr.'s Report and Recommendation is adopted in full; remand for a new administrative hearing is denied; final judgment is entered in favor of Defendant and against Plantiff; clerk directed to close the case. Signed by Honorable Matthew W. Brann on 9/29/17. (lg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
TRAKIA HOUDESHEL,
Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,1
Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration
Defendant.

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No. 3:16-CV-01481
(Judge Brann)

(Magistrate Judge Saporito)

ORDER
AND NOW, this 29th day of September 2017, having conducted a de novo
review and having reached the same decision as Magistrate Judge Joseph F.
Saporito, Jr., IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr.’s August 4, 2017 Report and
Recommendation, ECF No. 14, is ADOPTED in full.

2.

Remand for a new administrative hearing is DENIED.

3.

Final judgment is entered in favor of Defendant and against Plaintiff.

4.

The Clerk is directed to close the case file.

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The Complaint (ECF No. 1) correctly named Carolyn W. Colvin as Defendant, as she was
the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration at the time it was filed. As of
January 23, 2017, however, Nancy Berryhill is the Acting Commissioner of Social Security.

BY THE COURT:

s/ Matthew W. Brann
Matthew W. Brann
United States District Judge

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