PARKER v. COLVIN

Filing 17

ORDER denying 12 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and granting 14 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment and adopting the Magistrate Judges Report and Recommendations 16 as the opinion of the court. The decision of the Commissioner is affirmed and the final judgment will be entered against plaintiff and in favor of defendant. Signed by Judge David S. Cercone on 9/18/14. (kak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
TIMOTHY ALLEN PARKER,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,1
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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2:13cv1222
Electronic Filing

ORDER OF COURT

AND NOW, this 18th day of September, 2014, for the reasons set forth in [16] the
Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation of August 29, 2014, IT IS ORDERED that [12]
Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment be, and the same hereby is denied, and [14]
defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment be, and the same here is, granted. The decision of
the Commissioner is affirmed and final judgment will be entered against plaintiff and in favor of
defendant. The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of the
court.
s/David Stewart Cercone
David Stewart Cercone
United States District Judge
cc:

Elizabeth A. Smith, Esquire
Christy Wiegand, Esquire
(Via CM/ECF Electronic Mail)

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Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on February 14, 2013,
succeeding former Commissioner Michael J. Astrue. Social Security History-Social Security
Commissioners, http://www.ssa.gov/history/commissioners.html (as visited on August 13, 2013).
Consequently, Acting Commissioner Colvin is now the official-capacity defendant in this action.
Hafer v. Melo, 502 U.S. 21, 25, 112 S.Ct. 358, 116 L.Ed.2d 301 (1991); FED. R. CIV. P. 25(d).