Opinion
Case No. 13-10575
03-05-2014
Staci Powers, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds
ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S JANUARY 22,
2014 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND THEREFORE GRANTING
DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [12, 11, 8, 9]
This matter came before the Court on the magistrate judge's January 22, 2014 report and recommendation on Plaintiff Staci Powers's Social Security judicial review request of Defendant's decision to deny Plaintiff Social Security benefits. The magistrate judge recommended denying Plaintiff's motions for summary judgment and granting Defendant's motion for summary judgment.
The Court is fully advised in the premises and has reviewed the record and the pleadings. Neither party has filed objections. "[T]he failure to object to the magistrate judge's report[] releases the Court from its duty to independently review the matter." Hall v. Rawal, 09-10933, 2012 WL 3639070, at *1 (E.D.Mich. Aug. 24, 2012) (citation omitted). The Court nevertheless agrees with the magistrate judge's recommendation. The Court therefore ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The Court therefore GRANTS Defendant's motion for summary judgment and DENIES Plaintiff's motions for summary judgment. (Dkt. 11, 8, 9.)
So ordered.
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Nancy G. Edmunds
United States District Judge
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record on March 5, 2014, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
Johnetta M. Curry-Williams
Case Manager
Acting in Absence of Carol Hemeyer