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Detwiler v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Sep 24, 2013
Civil Action No. 12-214 (W.D. Pa. Sep. 24, 2013)

Summary

declining to remand when the ALJ did not include a GAF score in the discussion

Summary of this case from Dulaney v. Colvin

Opinion

Civil Action No. 12-214

2013-09-24

KEITH ALLEN DETWILER, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Comm'r of Soc. Security, Defendant.


, Senior U.S. Dist. Judge

MEMORANDUM ORDER

This ease was referred to U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Baxter for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 636(b)(1)(A) and (B), and the Local Rules for Magistrates.

On August 28, 2013, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 13) recommending that Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 11) be granted, that Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 8) be denied, and that I affirm the decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), Objections to this Report and Recommendation were to be filed no later than September 16, 2013. As of the date of this Order, no Objections have been filed.

After a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation thereto, the following Order is entered:

AND NOW, on this 24th day of September, 2013, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 8) is DENIED, Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 11) is GRANTED, and the decision of the ALJ is affirmed.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 13) is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court.

The Clerk is directed to mark this case closed.

BY THE COURT:

___________________

Donetta W. Ambrose

Senior U.S. Dist. Judge


Summaries of

Detwiler v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Sep 24, 2013
Civil Action No. 12-214 (W.D. Pa. Sep. 24, 2013)

declining to remand when the ALJ did not include a GAF score in the discussion

Summary of this case from Dulaney v. Colvin
Case details for

Detwiler v. Colvin

Case Details

Full title:KEITH ALLEN DETWILER, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Comm'r of Soc…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Sep 24, 2013

Citations

Civil Action No. 12-214 (W.D. Pa. Sep. 24, 2013)

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