Burgess v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of (PLR1)

Filing 21

MEMORANDUM OPINION in support of the following Judgment Order. Signed by District Judge Pamela L. Reeves on 8/17/17. (ADA)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE

JAMES BURGESS,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.

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1:16-cv-00210
REEVES/LEE

MEMORANDUM OPINION
This Social Security appeal is before the court on the Report and Recommendation
filed by United States Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee [R. 20]. There have been no timely
objections to the Report and Recommendation, and enough time has passed since the filing
of the Report and Recommendation to treat any objections as having been waived. See 28
U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b).
After a careful review of the record and the parties’ pleadings, the court is in
complete agreement with the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation that plaintiff’s motion
for judgment on the pleadings be denied, and the Commissioner’s motion for summary
judgment be granted. Accordingly, the court ACCEPTS IN WHOLE the Report and
Recommendation under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b). It is ORDERED,
for the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation, which the court adopts and
incorporates into its ruling, that the plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings [R.
14] is DENIED; the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment [R. 16] is

GRANTED; the Commissioner’s decision in this case denying plaintiff’s application for
benefits under the Social Security Act is AFFIRMED; and this case is DISMISSED.
Enter:

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