Boren v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
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ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations of Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant. The Commissioners decision is AFFIRMED. Signed by Honorable Terry L Wooten on 9/21/2012.(cwhi, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Jennifer L. Boren,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social )
Security Administration,
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Defendant.
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Civil Action No.: 9:11-520-TLW-BM
ORDER
Plaintiff brought this action pursuant to 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42
U.S.C. § 405(g), to obtain judicial review of a final decision of the Defendant, Commissioner of
Social Security, denying her claim for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security
income. This matter is before the Court for review of the Report and Recommendation (“the
Report”) filed by United States Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant, to whom this case had
previously been assigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Civil Rule
73.02(B)(2)(a), (D.S.C.). In the Report, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the decision of
the Commissioner be affirmed. (Doc. # 16). The Plaintiff filed an Objection, (Doc. # 18), to
which the Defendant replied. (Doc. # 19). The matter is now ripe for review.
In conducting this review, the Court applies the following standard:
The magistrate judge makes only a recommendation to the Court, to which any
party may file written objections...The Court is not bound by the recommendation
of the magistrate judge but, instead, retains responsibility for the final
determination. The Court is required to make a de novo determination of those
portions of the report or specified findings or recommendation as to which an
objection is made. However, the Court is not required to review, under a de novo
or any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the magistrate judge as to
those portions of the Report and Recommendation to which no objections are
addressed. While the level of scrutiny entailed by the Court's review of the
Report thus depends on whether or not objections have been filed, in either case,
the Court is free, after review, to accept, reject, or modify any of the magistrate
judge's findings or recommendations.
Wallace v. Housing Auth. of the City of Columbia, 791 F. Supp. 137, 138 (D.S.C. 1992)
(citations omitted).
In light of the standard set forth in Wallace, the Court has reviewed, de novo, the record,
the Magistrate Judge’s analysis as found in the Report, and the Plaintiff’s Objection to the
Report. After careful review, the Court ACCEPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Report. (Doc. # 16).
For the reasons articulated by the Magistrate Judge, the Commissioner’s decision is
AFFIRMED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Terry L. Wooten
United States District Judge
September 21, 2012
Florence, South Carolina
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