Hammond v. Astrue

Filing 22

ORDER that the Court adopts and incorporates the 19 Findings and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge, and Deft's 14 Motion for Summary Judgment be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED, and the decision of the Commissioner is hereby affirmed; pltf's 11 Motion for Summary Judgment and 12 Motion for Remand be, and the same hereby are, DENIED (see Order for details). Signed by District Judge Anthony J Trenga on 11/08/13. (pmil, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

DEBORAH L. HAMMOND,

Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. l:12-cv-01177(AJT/IDD)

v.

CAROYLYN W. COLVIN,
Defendant.

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation [Doc. No. 19] of the
Magistrate Judge recommending that the plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No.
11] and, in the alternative, Motion for Remand [Doc. No. 12] be DENIED and the defendant's

Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 14] be GRANTED. Plaintiff filed her Objections to

the Report and Recommendation [Doc. No. 20], and defendant filed a Response to Plaintiffs

Objections [Doc. No. 21]. Upon consideration of the Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation, as well as plaintiffs Objections thereto and defendant's Response, and after
the Court conducted a de novo review of the administrative record, the Court finds and concludes

that the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration was supported
by substantial evidence in the record and was not otherwise contrary to law; and for these

reasons, the Court adopts and incorporates the findings and recommendations of the Magistrate
Judge. Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 14] be, and the
same hereby is, GRANTED, and the decision of the Commissioner is hereby affirmed; and it is
further