Layman v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 19

JUDGMENT ORDER that Plaintiff's Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation 17 are hereby OVERRULED; Magistrate Judge Shirley's 16 Report and Recommendation is ACCEPTED IN WHOLE; Plaintiff's 10 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is DENIED; Defendant's 14 Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED; and the defendant Commissioner's decision in this case denying plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income payments is AFFIRMED; and this case is DISMISSED. Signed by District Judge Thomas A Varlan on 3/24/09. (ANB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE CURTIS LAYMAN, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ORDER For the reasons stated in the memorandum opinion filed contemporaneously with this order, plaintiff's Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [Doc. 17] are hereby OVERRULED; Magistrate Judge Shirley's Report and Recommendation [Doc. 16] is ACCEPTED IN WHOLE; plaintiff's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings [Doc. 10] is hereby DENIED; defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 14] is hereby GRANTED; and defendant Commissioner's decision in this case denying plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income payments is AFFIRMED; and this case is DISMISSED. IT IS SO ORDERED. s/ Thomas A. Varlan UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

No.:

3:07-CV-380 (VARLAN/SHIRLEY)