Opinion
1:20-cv-02120
02-14-2022
JOANN M. TAKACS, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.
OPINION & ORDER [RESOLVING DOC. 1]
JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
Plaintiff Takacs seeks judicial review of the Social Security Administration Commissioner's final decision denying Plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits.
Doc. 1. Plaintiff and Defendant filed merits briefs. Docs. 10; 11. Plaintiff filed a reply. Doc. 12.
On January 26, 2022, Magistrate Judge David A. Ruiz issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending that the Court reverse the Commissioner's final decision denying Plaintiff Takacs' application and remand the case for further proceedings.Defendant did not file objections to the R&R.
Doc. 13.
The Federal Magistrates Act requires district courts to conduct a de novo review of only objected-to portions of an R&R. Absent objection, district courts may adopt an R&R without review. Defendant did not object to the R&R, and this Court may adopt Magistrate Judge Ruiz's R&R without further review.
Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-52 (1985). Failure to timely object may waive a party's right to appeal the district court's order adopting the R&R. Id. at 155; United States v. Walters, 638 F.2d 947, 949-50 (6th Cir. 1981).
Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Ruiz's R&R, REVERSES the Commissioner's final decision, and REMANDS the case for further proceedings. IT IS SO ORDERED.