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Morris v. Astrue

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, at Knoxville
Feb 18, 2009
No.: 3:08-CV-77 (VARLAN/GUYTON) (E.D. Tenn. Feb. 18, 2009)

Summary

upholding an ALJ's step-three findings when the plaintiff's MRI showed " ‘only mild neural foraminal [stenosis]’ " because that did not satisfy the threshold requirement for listing 1.04

Summary of this case from Campfield v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Opinion

No.: 3:08-CV-77 (VARLAN/GUYTON).

February 18, 2009


ORDER


This Social Security appeal is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation filed by United States Magistrate Judge H. Bruce Guyton on December 9, 2008 [Doc. 13]. There have been no timely objections to the Report and Recommendation, and enough time has passed since the filing of the Report and Recommendation to treat any objections as having been waived. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b). Magistrate Judge Guyton found, inter alia, that the Administrative Law Judge properly reviewed and weighed the evidence to determine plaintiff is not disabled because she does not meet the criteria for a listed impairment and, given her residual function capacity, there is work that exists in significant numbers in the national economy that the plaintiff is able to perform. Accordingly, Magistrate Judge Guyton recommended that plaintiff's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 7] be denied and that defendant Commissioner's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 11] be granted.

The Court has carefully reviewed this matter, including the underlying pleadings [Docs. 7, 8, 11, 12]. The Court is in agreement with Magistrate Judge Guyton's recommendation, which the Court adopts and incorporates into its ruling. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 7] is DENIED and defendant's motion for summary judgment [Doc. 11] is GRANTED. The Court ACCEPTS IN WHOLE the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 13]; defendant Commissioner's decision in this case denying plaintiff's applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits is AFFIRMED; and this case is DISMISSED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Morris v. Astrue

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, at Knoxville
Feb 18, 2009
No.: 3:08-CV-77 (VARLAN/GUYTON) (E.D. Tenn. Feb. 18, 2009)

upholding an ALJ's step-three findings when the plaintiff's MRI showed " ‘only mild neural foraminal [stenosis]’ " because that did not satisfy the threshold requirement for listing 1.04

Summary of this case from Campfield v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.
Case details for

Morris v. Astrue

Case Details

Full title:KATHY MORRIS, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social…

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, at Knoxville

Date published: Feb 18, 2009

Citations

No.: 3:08-CV-77 (VARLAN/GUYTON) (E.D. Tenn. Feb. 18, 2009)

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