Hendrix v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 16

ORDER denying 9 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; granting 11 Motion for Summary Judgment; adopting Report and Recommendations re 13 Report and Recommendations. Signed by District Judge Harry S Mattice, Jr on 2/19/14. (KFB, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
at WINCHESTER
COLLETA R. HENDRIX,

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Plaintiff,
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COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, )
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Defendant.
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Case No. 4:12-cv-87
Judge Mattice
Magistrate Judge Carter

ORDER
On January 23, 2014, United States Magistrate Judge William B. Carter filed his
Report and Recommendation (Doc. 13) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b).

Magistrate Judge Carter recommended that: (1)

Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 9) be denied; (2) Defendant’s
Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 11) be granted; (3) the Decision of the
Commissioner be affirmed; and (4) this action be dismissed.
Plaintiff

has

filed

objections

to

the

Magistrate

Judge’s

Report

and

Recommendation. (Doc. 14). However, Plaintiff’s objections are merely reiterations of
the original arguments raised in his Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. (Compare
Doc. 14 at 1-6 and Doc. 10 at 6-11). Further analysis of these same issues would be
cumulative and is unwarranted in light of Magistrate Judge Carter’s well-reasoned and
well-supported Report and Recommendation, in which he fully addressed Plaintiff’s
arguments.
Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Carter’s
findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations pursuant to § 636(b)(1) and

Rule 72(b); Plaintiff’s Objections (Doc. 14) are OVERRULED; Plaintiff’s Motion for
Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 9) is DENIED; Defendant’s Motion for Summary
Judgment (Doc. 11) is GRANTED; the decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED;
and this case is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

SO ORDERED this 19th day of February, 2014.

/s/ Harry S. Mattice, Jr._______
HARRY S. MATTICE, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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