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

Filing 22

JUDGMENT ORDER; the Report and Recommendation 20 , which the Court adopts and incorporates into its ruling, that the plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings 14] is DENIED; the Commissioners motion for summary judgment 16 is GRANTED; the Commissioners decision in this case denying plaintiff's application for benefits under the Social Security Act is AFFIRMED; and this case is DISMISSED. 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

JUDGMENT ORDER

For the reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion filed contemporaneously with
this Judgment Order, the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge [R. 20] is
ACCEPTED IN WHOLE 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
[Doc. 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:

ENTERED AS A JUDGMENT
s/ Debra C. Poplin
CLERK OF COURT

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