Richardson v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 20

ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations re 19 Report and Recommendations denying 13 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; granting 17 Motion for Summary Judgment. The defendant Commissioner's decision in this case denying plaintiffs application for benefits under the Social Security Act is AFFIRMED. This case is DISMISSED. Signed by District Judge R Leon Jordan on 6/4/2014. (JDH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE
JERRY WAYNE RICHARDSON,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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No. 2:13-CV-101

ORDER

This Social Security appeal is before the court on the report and
recommendation filed May 5, 2014, by United States Magistrate Judge C. Clifford
Shirley [doc. 19]. The magistrate judge found that the decision of the administrative law
judge (“ALJ”) is supported by substantial evidence. He recommended that the plaintiff’s
motion for judgment on the pleadings [doc. 13] be denied and that the defendant
Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment [doc. 17] be granted. 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); Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b).
After a careful review of this matter, the court is in complete agreement
with the magistrate judge’s conclusion that there is substantial evidence in this record to
support the decision of the ALJ that plaintiff is not disabled and therefore not entitled to

disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act.

The court therefore

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 plaintiff’s
motion for judgment on the pleadings is DENIED; that the defendant Commissioner’s
motion for summary judgment is GRANTED; and that the defendant Commissioner’s
decision in this case denying plaintiff’s application for benefits under the Social Security
Act is AFFIRMED. This case is DISMISSED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
ENTER:

s/ Leon Jordan
United States District Judge

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