Opinion
20-cv-13122
04-27-2022
CHARLES K. MOODY, Plaintiff, v. ANDREW SAUL, COMM'R OF SOC. SEC., Defendant.
PATRICIA T. MORRIS, U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [#16], DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#13] AND GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#15]
GERSHWIN A. DRAIN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE.
On August 5, 2021, Plaintiff Charles Moody filed a motion for summary judgment in this social security disability benefits action. See ECF No. 13. Defendant Andrew Saul, the Social Security Commissioner, also submitted a motion for summary judgment on October 1, 2021. See ECF No. 15. The parties did not file responses to either motion.
Presently before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Patricia T. Morris's Report and Recommendation concerning the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. See ECF No. 16. Judge Morris recommends that this Court deny Plaintiff's motion, grant Defendant's motion, and affirm the Commissioner's decision. ECF No. 16, PageID.666. Neither party filed objections to the Report and Recommendation, and the opportunity to file objections has passed. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(2).
When no objections are timely filed, a district court reviews a magistrate judge's report and recommendation for clear error. FED. R. CIV. P. 72, advisory committee note (“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”). The Court reviewed the Report and Recommendation and found no clear error.
Therefore, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Judge Morris's Report and Recommendation [#16], as this Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment [#13] is DENIED.
Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [#15] is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.