Scalf v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 22

JUDGMENT ORDER ACCEPTING IN WHOLE 19 Report and Recommendations. Plaintiff's 10 Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; the defendant Commissioner's 17 Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED; the dft 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 7/30/09. (ANB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

BRIAN E. SCALF, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

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No. 3:08-CV-316 (Phillips/Guyton)

ORDER For the reasons stated in the memorandum opinion filed contemporaneously with this order, the objections to the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge filed by plaintiff [Doc. 20] are hereby OVERRULED. The report and recommendation [Doc. 19] 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 summary judgment [Doc. 10] is DENIED; the defendant Commissioner's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 17] is GRANTED; the defendant 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.

ENTER: s/ Thomas W. Phillips United States District Judge