Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. H-19-1564
06-13-2020
SCOTTIE BURNHAM, Plaintiff, v. ANDREW SAUL, COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Pending are the parties' cross Motions for Summary Judgment (Document Nos. 10 & 11). The Court has received from the Magistrate Judge a Memorandum and Recommendation recommending that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment be GRANTED, Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment be DENIED, and that the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security be AFFIRMED. Plaintiff has filed Objections (Document No. 15) to the Memorandum and Recommendation. The Court, after having made a de novo determination of the Motions for Summary Judgment, and Memorandum and Recommendation, and Plaintiff's Objections, is of the opinion that the findings and recommendations of the Magistrate Judge are correct and should be and hereby are accepted by the Court in their entirety. Accordingly,
It is ORDERED and ADJUDGED for the reasons set forth in the Memorandum and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge signed and entered on April 14, 2020, which is adopted in its entirety as the opinion of this Court, that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Document No. 11) is GRANTED, Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Document No. 10) is DENIED, and the decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.
The Clerk will enter this Order and send copies to all parties of record.
Signed at Houston, Texas this 13TH day of June, 2020.
/s/_________
EWING WERLEIN, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE