Snyder v. Colvin

Filing 20

ORDER: ADOPTING the report and recommendation in full 17 ; AFFIRMING the decision of the Commissioner; DIRECTING the clerk to enter judgment in favor of the Commissioner and against the Plaintiff and to close the case file. Signed by Honorable Matthew W. Brann on 4/29/16. (km)

AIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

LISA S. SNYDER,

Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of
Social Security,

Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 4:15-CV-0389

(Judge Brann)

(Magistrate Judge Cohn)

ORDER
April 29, 2016

On March 14, 2016, Magistrate Judge Gerald B. Cohn, to whom this matter
is jointly assigned, issued a thorough report and recommendation recommending
that the undersigned affirm the decision of the Commission of Social Security
denying Plaintiff, Lisa S. Snyder, social security benefits.
Upon designation, a magistrate judge may "conduct hearings, including
evidentiary hearings, and . . . submit to a judge of the court proposed findings of

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fact and recommendations."1 Once filed, this Report and Recommendation is
disseminated to the parties in the case who then have the opportunity to file written
objections.2 When objections are timely filed, the district court must conduct a de
novo review of those portions of the report to which objections are made.3
Although the standard of review for objections is de novo, the extent of review lies
within the discretion of the district court, and the court may otherwise rely on the
recommendations of the magistrate judge to the extent it deems proper.4
Snyder timely filed objections, however, all of her objections are overruled,
as they do not overcome the sound reasoning of the magistrate judge. The Court
has reviewed the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge and is
satisfied that there is no clear error in its face. It is well-written and scrupulously
details the substantial evidence that supports the Commissioner’s decision.
The report and recommendation of the magistrate judge is ADOPTED IN
FULL. ECF No. 17. The decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED. The
Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of the Commissioner and against the

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28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B).

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28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1).

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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Brown v. Astrue, 649 F.3d 193, 195 (3d Cir.2011).

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Rieder v. Apfel, 115 F.Supp.2d 496, 499 (M.D.Pa. 2000) (citing United States v.
Raddatz, 447 U.S. 667, 676 (1980)).
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Plaintiff. The Clerk is further directed to close the case file.
BY THE COURT:

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

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