Bryant v. Carolyn Colvin

Filing 24

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ; granting 14 Motion for Summary Judgment ; denying 18 Motion for Summary Judgment ; adopting 23 Report and Recommendations; Case is remanded for further administrative proceedings. Signed by District Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon on 8/25/2017. (ck)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION CONNIE S. BRYANT, Plaintiff, v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 7:16-cv-00107 By: Elizabeth K. Dillon United States District Judge ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT In this social security case, plaintiff Connie S. Bryant and defendant Nancy Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, both move for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), the court referred the motions to U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert S. Ballou for a report and recommendation (R&R). On July 11, 2017, the magistrate judge issued his R&R, recommending that the court grant Bryant’s motion, deny the Commissioner’s motion, and remand the case for further administrative proceedings. (Dkt. No. 23 at 1.) The magistrate judge also advised the parties of their right under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) to file written objections to his proposed findings and recommendations within 14 days of service of the R&R. (Id. at 9.) The deadline to object to the R&R has passed, and no party has filed an objection. “[I]n the absence of a timely filed objection, a district court need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must ‘only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.’” Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee’s note). Upon reviewing the record here, the court is satisfied that there is no clear error on the face of the R&R. Accordingly, the court hereby ORDERS as follows: 1. The R&R (Dkt. No. 23) is ADOPTED; 2. Bryant’s motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 14) is GRANTED; 3. The Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 18) is DENIED; 4. The case is REMANDED for further administrative proceedings consistent with the R&R, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and 5. The case is STRUCK from the court’s active docket. The clerk is directed to send a copy of this order to all counsel of record. Entered: August 25, 2017. /s/ Elizabeth K. Dillon Elizabeth K. Dillon United States District Judge 2

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