Carr v. Social Security Administration

Filing 21

ORDER: Report and Recommendations 20 is adopted. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation, the Plaintiff's Motion for Judgment on the Administrative Record, 11 , is GRANTED to the extent that the case should be REMANDED fo r the Administrative Law Judge to determine whether the Plaintiff failed to follow prescribed treatment under the guidelines of 20 C.F.R. § 404.1530 and Social Security Ruling 82-59. This case is DISMISSED. Signed by Senior Judge Thomas Wiseman on 3/28/13. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(dt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION

THOMAS EDWARD CARR, JR.,

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v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of
Social Security.1

3:11-cv-0805

ORDER
Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Griffin in which she
recommends the Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment on the Administrative Record be granted to the extent that
the case should be remanded to the Administrative Law Judge. No objections have been filed.
The Court has read and considered the Report and finds the same to be correct in fact and law. The
Report and Recommendation is adopted by this Court.
For the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation, the Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment on
the Administrative Record, Document #11, is GRANTED to the extent that the case should be REMANDED
for the Administrative Law Judge to determine whether the Plaintiff failed to follow prescribed
treatment under the guidelines of 20 C.F.R. § 404.1530 and Social Security Ruling 82-59. This case is
DISMISSED.
It is so ORDERED.

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Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr.
Senior U.S. District Judge

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Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on February 14, 2013.
Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Carolyn W. Colvin is substituted for former
Commissioner Michael J. Astrue as the defendant in this suit.