Smith v. Astrue

Filing 28

ORDER overruling Plaintiff's Objections; adopting 24 Report and Recommendations; granting 22 Motion for Summary Judgment; dismissing case. Signed by Judge Jackson L. Kiser on 11/5/12. (ham)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
DANVILLE DIVISION
SHARON S. SMITH,
Plaintiff,
v.
MICHAEL ASTRUE,
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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Case No.: 4:11-cv-00031
ORDER
By: Hon. Jackson L. Kiser
Senior United States District Judge

Before me is the Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) of Hon. B. Waugh Crigler
recommending that I grant Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 24], affirm the
Commissioner’s final decision, and dismiss this case. Plaintiff filed timely Objections [ECF No.
25], and the Commissioner responded [ECF No. 26].
consideration.

See FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b).

The Objections are now ripe for

I have reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s

recommendation, Plaintiff’s Objections, the Commissioner’s response, and the relevant portions
of the record. For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, I hereby
OVERRULE Plaintiff’s Objections, ADOPT the R & R in its entirety, GRANT the
Commissioner’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and DISMISS this case.
The Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this Order and the accompanying
Memorandum Opinion to all counsel of record and to Magistrate Judge Crigler.
Entered this 5th day of November, 2012.

s/Jackson L. Kiser
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE