Opinion
1:16-CV-1411 (GTS/WBC)
11-14-2017
ANTHONY A. DENNO, Plaintiff, v. COMM'R OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
APPEARANCES: OFFICE OF STEPHEN J. MASTAITIS, JR. Counsel for Plaintiff 1412 Route 9P Saratoga Springs, New York 12866 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL-REGION II Counsel for Defendant 26 Federal Plaza, Room 3904 New York, New York 10278 OF COUNSEL: STEPHEN J. MASTAITIS, ESQ. SUSAN J. REISS, ESQ. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
APPEARANCES: OFFICE OF STEPHEN J. MASTAITIS, JR.
Counsel for Plaintiff
1412 Route 9P
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL-REGION II
Counsel for Defendant
26 Federal Plaza, Room 3904
New York, New York 10278 OF COUNSEL: STEPHEN J. MASTAITIS, ESQ. SUSAN J. REISS, ESQ.
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney GLENN T. SUDDABY, Chief United States District Judge DECISION and ORDER
The above matter comes to this Court following a Report-Recommendation by United States Magistrate Judge William B. Mitchell Carter, filed on October 6, 2017 recommending that the Commissioner's decision denying Plaintiff Social Security benefits be affirmed, and Plaintiff's Complaint be dismissed. (Dkt. No. 16.) Objections to the Report-Recommendation have not been filed and the time in which to do so has expired. (See generally Docket Sheet.)
After carefully reviewing all of the papers herein, including Magistrate Judge Carter's thorough Report-Recommendation, the Court can find no clear error in the Report- Recommendation. Magistrate Judge Carter employed the proper legal standards, accurately recited the facts, and correctly applied the law to those facts. (Dkt. No. 16.) As a result, the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety; the Commissioner's decision denying Plaintiff Social Security benefits is affirmed, and Plaintiff's Complaint is dismissed.
When no objection is made to a report-recommendation, the Court subjects the report-recommendation to only a clear error review. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), Advisory Committee Notes: 1983 Addition. When performing such a "clear error" review, "the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation." Id; see also Batista v. Walker, 94-CV-2826, 1995 WL 453299, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. July 31, 1995) (Sotomayor, J.) ("I am permitted to adopt those sections of [a magistrate judge's] report to which no specific objection is made, so long as those sections are not facially erroneous.") (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). --------
ACCORDINGLY, it is
ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Carter's Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 16) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision denying Plaintiff Social Security benefits is AFFIRMED , and that Plaintiff's Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED . Dated: November 14, 2017
Syracuse, New York
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HON. GLENN T. SUDDABY
Chief United States District Judge