ORNDOFF v. COLVIN

Filing 19

ORDER denying 9 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 16 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Alan N. Bloch on 7/2/2014. (js)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

STEVEN SHANE ORNDOFF,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 13-110-J

ORDER
AND NOW, this 2nd day of July, 2014, upon consideration of the parties’
cross-motions for Summary Judgment, and the responses thereto, the Court, upon review
of the Commissioner of Social Security=s final decision, denying plaintiff=s claim for
disability insurance benefits under Subchapter II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.
'401, et seq., and denying plaintiff's claim for supplemental security income benefits
under Subchapter XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. '1381, et seq., finds that the
Commissioner=s findings are supported by substantial evidence and, accordingly, affirms.
See 42 U.S.C. '405(g); Jesurum v. Secretary of U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services, 48 F.3d 114, 117 (3d Cir. 1995); Williams v. Sullivan, 970 F.2d 1178, 1182 (3d
Cir. 1992), cert. denied sub nom., 507 U.S. 924 (1993); Brown v. Bowen, 845 F.2d 1211,
1213 (3d Cir. 1988). See also Berry v. Sullivan, 738 F. Supp. 942, 944 (W.D. Pa. 1990)
(if supported by substantial evidence, the Commissioner=s decision must be affirmed, as a
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federal court may neither reweigh the evidence, nor reverse, merely because it would
have decided the claim differently) (citing Cotter v. Harris, 642 F.2d 700, 705 (3d Cir.
1981)).
Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff=s Motion for Summary
Judgment (document No. 9) is DENIED and defendant=s Motion for Summary Judgment
(document No. 16) is GRANTED.

s/Alan N. Bloch
United States District Judge
ecf: Counsel of record

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