Opinion
CIVIL CASE NO. 1:15-14352
03-22-2017
SUSAN LYNN BUTT, Plaintiff, v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
By Standing Order, this action was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Dwane L. Tinsley for submission of findings and recommendations regarding disposition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Magistrate Judge Tinsley submitted his Proposed Findings and Recommendation ("PF&R") to the court on February 28, 2017, in which he recommended that the district court grant Plaintiff's Memorandum in Support of Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. No. 7), deny the Commissioner's Brief in Support of the Defendant's Decision (Doc. No. 8), reverse the final decision of the Commissioner, remand this case for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 § U.S.C. § 405(g), and dismiss this matter from this court's docket.
In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), the parties were allotted fourteen days, plus three mailing days, in which to file any objections to the Magistrate Judge's PF&R. The failure of any party to file such objections constitutes a waiver of such party's right to a de novo review by this court. See Snyder v. Ridenour, 889 F.2d 1363 (4th Cir. 1989).
The parties failed to file any objections to the Magistrate Judge's PF&R within the seventeen-day period. Having reviewed the PF&R filed by Magistrate Judge Tinsley, the court adopts the findings and recommendation contained therein.
Accordingly, the court adopts the factual and legal analysis contained within the PF&R, GRANTS Plaintiff's Memorandum in Support of Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. No. 7), DENIES the Commissioner's Brief in Support of the Defendant's Decision (Doc. No. 8), REVERSES the final decision of the Commissioner, REMANDS this case for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 § U.S.C. § 405(g), and DIRECTS the Clerk to dismiss this matter from the court's docket.
The Clerk is further directed to forward a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order to all counsel of record.
It is SO ORDERED this 22nd day of March, 2017.
ENTER:
/s/_________
David A. Faber
Senior United States District Judge