Holmes v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
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OPINION AND ORDER RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION adopting 22 Report and Recommendation, reversing the decision of the Commissioner pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and remanding the matter for further administrative proceedings. Signed by Honorable Bruce Howe Hendricks on 12/02/2014. (bshr, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AIKEN DIVISION
Jamieka Rene Holmes,
Plaintiff,
v.
Carolyn W. Colvin,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.
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Civil Action No.: 1:13-3430-BHH
OPINION AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation of
United States Magistrate Judge Shiva V. Hodges, made in accordance with 28 U.S.C.
636(b)(1)(B) and Local Civil Rules 73.02(B)(2)(a) and 83.VII.02 for the District of South
Carolina. The plaintiff Jamieka Renee Holmes (“Plaintiff”), brought this action seeking
judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security
(“Commissioner”) denying the plaintiff’s claim for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”).
On November 6, 2014, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation
in which she recommended that the Commissioner’s decision be reversed and remanded
for further administrative proceedings. (ECF No. 22.) On November 17, 2014, the
Commissioner filed “Defendant’s Notice of Not Filing Objections to the Report and
Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge” (ECF No. 24), and on November 19, 2014, the
Plaintiff filed “Plaintiff’s Notice of Not Filing Objections to Report & Recommendation.”
(ECF No. 26.)
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this Court.
The
recommendation has no presumptive weight, and the responsibility to make a final
determination remains with the court. Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261 (1976). The Court
is charged with making a de novo determination of those portions of the Report to which
specific objection is made, and the Court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part,
the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, or recommit the matter to him with
instructions. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In the absence of a timely filed objection, a district
court need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must “only satisfy itself that there is
no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.” Diamond
v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir.2005).
The Court has carefully reviewed the record and concurs in the recommendation of
the Magistrate Judge.
The Court adopts the Report and Recommendation and
incorporates it herein by reference. The decision of the Commissioner to deny benefits is
reversed and the action is remanded for further administrative action consistent with this
order and the Report and Recommendation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Bruce Howe Hendricks
United States District Judge
December 2, 2014
Greenville, South Carolina
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