Rivera v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 17

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 16 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge David C Guaderrama. (mv)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO DIVISION
ZOROASTRO R.,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,1
Defendant.

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EP-22-CV-00353-DCG-LS

ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
AND AFFIRMING COMMISSIONER’S DECISION
On February 20, 2024, U.S. Magistrate2 Judge Leon Schydlower issued a Report and
Recommendation advising the Court to affirm the Commissioner’s decision to deny Plaintiff’s
application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income.3
Plaintiff had until March 5, 2024 to object to Judge Schydlower’s Report and
Recommendation.4 Plaintiff didn’t file any objections by the deadline. Thus, rather than
reviewing the Report and Recommendation de novo, the Court will review it solely to determine
whether it’s clearly erroneous or contrary to law.5

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Hereinafter “Commissioner.”

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After Judge Schydlower issued the Report and Recommendation that is the subject of this
Order, the Senate confirmed his nomination to become a U.S. District Judge.
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R. & R., ECF No. 16.

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See W.D. TEX. L.R. APP’X C, RULE 4(b) (“Any party may object to a magistrate judge’s
proposed findings, recommendations or report . . . within 14 days after being served with a copy
thereof.”); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (similar).
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See, e.g., Magdalena Garcia v. Sessions, No. 1:18-CV-59, 2018 WL 6732889, at *1 (S.D. Tex.
Nov. 7, 2018) (“Where no party objects to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, the Court
is not required to perform a de novo review of the Magistrate Judge’s determination, but need only review
it to decide whether the Report and Recommendation is clearly erroneous or contrary to law.”).

The Court has carefully reviewed the Report and Recommendation and determined that
it’s neither clearly erroneous nor contrary to law.
The Court therefore ACCEPTS the “Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate
Judge” (ECF No. 16) in its entirety and AFFIRMS the Commissioner’s decision.
The Court shall issue a final judgment separately.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 27th day of March 2024.

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DAVID C. GUADERRAMA
SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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