Morehouse v. Colvin

Filing 21

FINAL ORDER: Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, and the final decision of the Acting Commissioner is AFFIRMED. The Clerk shall enter judgment for the defendant. Copies of Order sent as DIRECTED on 10.8.15. Signed by Chief District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith on 10/8/2015. (epri)

FILED
UNITED

STATES

EASTERN

DISTRICT

DISTRICT

OF

COURT

VIRGINIA

Norfolk Division

Cl-ERK. US D'STmiCT COURT
K' VA

JOHN S.

MOREHOUSE,

Plaintiff,
V

ACTION NO.

.

CAROLYN W.

2:14cv392

COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner of the Social
Security Administration,
Defendant.

FINAL

ORDER

Plaintiff brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking
judicial review of the final decision of the Acting Commissioner of
the Social Security Administration ("Acting Commissioner") denying

plaintiff's claim for disability insurance benefits ("DIB"), under
Title II of the Social Security Act.
On July 6,

Magistrate
636(b)(1)(B)

2015,

Judge,

this matter was referred to a United States

pursuant

and (C),

to

the

and Rule 72(b)

provisions

of

28

U.S.C.

§§

of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure for report and recommendation.

Report of the magistrate

judge was filed on September 17,

2015,

the final decision of the

Acting Commissioner be affirmed.

By copy of the report, each party

was advised of the right to file written objections to the findings
and recommendations made by the magistrate judge.

The court has

received

no

objections

recommendation,

The

court

to

the

magistrate

judge's

report

and

and the time for filing same has expired.

does

recommendations

set

Magistrate Judge

hereby
forth

adopt
in

the

and

approve

report

filed September 17,

2015.

of

the
the

findings
United

Accordingly,

and

States
plain

tiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; defendant's Motion for
Summary Judgment is GRANTED,

Commissioner is AFFIRMED.

and the final decision of the Acting

The Clerk shall enter judgment for the

defendant.

The Clerk shall forward a copy of this Final Order to plaintiff
and

counsel

for

defendant.

..

Isl

Rebecca Beach Smith
Chief Judge
REBECCA
CHIEF

October § , 2015

BEACH

UNITED

SMITH
STATES

DISTRICT

JUDGE