Neal v. Astrue

Filing 12

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS re: 11 Memorandum and Recommendations, denying 7 MOTION for Summary Judgment, granting 8 MOTION for Summary Judgment. (Signed by Judge Sim Lake) Parties notified. (aboyd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
NATHAN C. NEAL,

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Plaintiff,
V.

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CAROLYN W. COLVIN,~
ACTING
COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

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CIVIL ACTION NO. H-12-1255

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Defendant.

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE' S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION

Having

reviewed

the

Magistrate

Judgefs

Memorandum

and

Recommendationf2 the court is of the opinion that said Memorandum
and Recommendation should be adopted by this court.
It

is,

therefore,

ORDERED

that

the

Memorandum

and

Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED by this court.
The Clerk shall send copies of this Order to the respective
parties.
SIGNED at Houston, Texas, this

day of June, 2013.

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SIM LAKE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1
Michael J. Astrue was the Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration at the time that Plaintiff filed this case but no longer holds
that position. Carolyn W. Colvin is Acting Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration and, as such, is automatically substituted as Defendant. See Fed.
R. Civ. P. 25 (d).
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The parties filed no objections to the Memorandum and Recommendation.