Watlington v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 18

ORDER ADOPTING 17 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS; denying 12 Motion for Summary Judgment ; granting 13 Motion for Summary Judgment. The clerk is directed to remove this case from the active docket of the court. Signed by Senior Judge Jackson L. Kiser on 1/25/2018. (mlh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
DANVILLE DIVISION
BILLY D. WATLINGTON, JR.,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.

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JAN 25 2018

Case No. 4:16-cv-00046
ORDER
By: Hon. Jackson L. Kiser
Senior United States District Judge

Before me is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of the United States Magistrate
Judge recommending that I grant the Commissioner’s Motion for Summary Judgment and
dismiss this case. The R&R was filed on December 20, 2017, and the parties had fourteen (14)
days to file objections.

No objections were filed.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED and

ADJUDGED that the R&R [ECF No. 17] shall be, and hereby is, ADOPTED in its entirety.
Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 12] is hereby DENIED and the
Commissioner’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 13] is hereby GRANTED. The clerk
is directed to remove this case from the active docket of the court.
The clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to all counsel of record and to
Magistrate Judge Hoppe.
Entered this 25th day of January, 2018.
s/Jackson L. Kiser
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE