Opinion
Case No. 15-11063
03-22-2016
TERRY LEE SNELL, JR., Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [15], DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [14], GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [13], AND REMANDING CASE TO COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
This matter comes before the Court on the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation. (Dkt. 15.) The Magistrate Judge recommends denying Defendant's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 14), granting Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 13), and remanding the case to the Commissioner under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 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) (citing Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985)). Nevertheless, the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge's recommendation.
Being fully advised in the premises, having read the pleadings, and for the reasons set forth above, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation, and therefore GRANTS Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, DENIES Defendant's motion for summary judgment, and REMANDS the case to the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
SO ORDERED.
S/Nancy G. Edmunds
Nancy G. Edmunds
United States District Judge
Dated: March 22, 2016
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record on March 22, 2016, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
S/Carol J. Bethel
Case Manager