Sills v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 17

MEMORANDUM OPINION to be set forth more fully in the following Order. Signed by District Judge Thomas W Phillips on August 18, 2011. (AYB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE

JULIE A. SILLS,
Plaintiff,
v.
MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
Defendant.

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No. 3:10-CV-179
(Phillips/Shirley)

MEMORANDUM OPINION
This Social Security appeal is before the court on the report and
recommendation filed by United States Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley [Doc. 16].
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); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b).

After a careful review of this matter, the court is in complete agreement with
the magistrate judge’s recommendation that plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings
be denied and the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment be granted. Accordingly,
the court 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 the plaintiff’s

motion for judgment on the pleadings [Doc. 11] is DENIED; the defendant Commissioner’s
motion for summary judgment [Doc. 13] 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.

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

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