Sowers v. Astrue

Filing 21

ORDER overruling Plaintiff's Objections; adopting 18 Report and Recommendations; granting 16 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying 14 Motion for Summary Judgment; dismissing case from active docket. Signed by Judge Jackson L. Kiser on 7/26/2013. (mlh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
DANVILLE DIVISION
LLOYD E. SOWERS,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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Case No.: 4:12-cv-00029
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. 16], deny
Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 14], and dismiss this case. Plaintiff filed
timely Objections [see ECF No. 19], and the Defendant waived his right of reply. For the
reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, I will OVERRULE Plaintiff’s
Objections, ADOPT Judge Crigler’s R & R, DENY Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment,
GRANT Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and DISMSIS this case from the active
docket of the Court. It is hereby ADJUDGED and ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for
Summary Judgment is DENIED, Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED,
and that this case shall be DISMISSED from the active docket of this Court.
The clerk is directed to send certified copies of this Order and the accompanying
Memorandum Opinion to all counsel of record and to Magistrate Judge Crigler.
Entered this 26th day of July, 2013.

s/Jackson L. Kiser
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE