Opinion
Civil Action 1:21-cv-512 (RDA/TCB)
12-21-2021
LEITYA T. HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER
ROSSIE D. ALSTON, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This matter comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation (“Recommendation”) issued by Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan on December 6, 2021. Dkt. 25. In this Social Security Administration appeal, Judge Buchanan recommends that the Court grant the parties' Consent Motion to Remand and remand this matter back to the Social Security Administration, deny as moot Plaintiff Leitya T. Harris's (“Plaintiff') Motion for Summary Judgment, dismiss this matter, and direct the Clerk of the Court to enter final judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), the deadline for submitting objections to Judge Buchanan's Recommendation was December 20, 2021. To date, no objections have been filed.
After reviewing the record and Judge Buchanan's Recommendation, and finding no clear error, the Court hereby APPROVES and ADOPTS the Recommendation. Dkt. 25. Accordingly, the parties' Consent Motion to Remand (Dkt. 24) is GRANTED; and it is
See Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (holding that in the absence of any objections to a Magistrate Judge's Recommendation, the 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'”).
FURTHER. ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. 21) is DENIED as MOOT; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court update the docket to reflect that Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, has been automatically substituted for Andrew Saul as the Defendant in this suit pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d); and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is dismissed.
The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58, forward copies of this Order to counsel of record, and close this civil action.
It is SO ORDERED.
Alexandria, Virginia