Ricker v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 29

ORDER: The Court ACCEPTS IN WHOLE the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 28 ]. The plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 22 ] is DENIED; the defendant's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24 ] 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. Signed by District Judge Thomas W Phillips on 1/25/16. (JBR)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE
BOBBY G. RICKER

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v.
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CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
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Acting Commissioner of Social Security )

No. 2:14-CV-256

ORDER

This Social Security case is before the Court to consider the Report and
Recommendation [Doc. 28] of United States Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley, Jr.,
dated December 31, 2015.

In that Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge

Shirley recommends that the plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 22]
be denied and that the defendant’s motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24] be granted.
No objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed and the time for doing
so has passed. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), E.D. Tenn. L.R. 7.2.

The Court has carefully reviewed this matter, including the administrative record
and the underlying pleadings [Docs. 14, 22, 23, 24, 25]. The Court is in agreement with
Magistrate Judge Shirley’s recommendation which the Court adopts and incorporates into
its ruling.

Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS IN WHOLE the Report and

Recommendation [Doc. 28]. The plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc.
22] is DENIED; the defendant’s motion for summary judgment [Doc. 24] 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.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Thomas W. Phillips
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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