Clarke v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
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ORDER RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION for 18 Report and Recommendation, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) the Commissioner's final decision is reversed and remanded for further administrative action. Signed by Honorable R Bryan Harwell on 11/3/2016. (cwil, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AIKEN DIVISION
RONALD ALLEN CLARKE,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
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Commissioner of the Social
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Security Administration,
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Defendant.
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Civil Action No.: 1:15-cv-4735-RBH
ORDER
Plaintiff Ronald Allen Clarke seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of
the Social Security Administration denying his claim for disability insurance benefits. The matter is
before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) of United States Magistrate
Judge Shiva V. Hodges, made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Civil Rule
73.02(B)(2)(a) for the District of South Carolina. [ECF #18]. The Magistrate Judge recommends that
the Court reverse and remand the Commissioner’s final decision for further administrative
consideration, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). [ECF #18, p. 41].
The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to the 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, 270-71 (1976). The Court must conduct a de novo review of those
portions of the R & R to which specific objections are made, and it may accept, reject, or modify, in
whole or in part, the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge or recommit the matter with instructions.
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Neither party has filed objections to the R & R, and the time for doing so has expired.1 In the
absence of objections to the R & R, the Court is not required to give any explanation for adopting the
Magistrate Judge’s recommendations. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199-200 (4th Cir. 1983).
The Court reviews only for clear error in the absence of an objection. See Diamond v. Colonial Life &
Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (stating that “in the absence of a timely filed objection,
a district court need not conduct 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’” (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P.
72 advisory committee’s note)).
After a thorough review of the record in this case, the Court finds no clear error. Accordingly,
the Court adopts and incorporates by reference the R & R [ECF #18] of the Magistrate Judge. It is
therefore ORDERED that pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the Commissioner’s final
decision is REVERSED AND REMANDED for further administrative action consistent with the R
& R.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Florence, South Carolina
November 3, 2016
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s/ R. Bryan Harwell
R. Bryan Harwell
United States District Judge
The Commissioner filed a notice stating she would not file objections to the R & R. [ECF #20].
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