Thomas v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Full title: Sheona Thomas, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.

Court: United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division

Date published: Oct 20, 2021

1:20 CV 1659 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 20, 2021)

Opinion

1:20 CV 1659

10-20-2021

Sheona Thomas, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.

PATRICIA A. GAUGHAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

PATRICIA A. GAUGHAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Parker (Doc. 17), recommending that the decision of the Commissioner be VACATED and this matter REMANDED for further proceedings. No. objections have been filed. For the reasons that follow, the Report and Recommendation is ACCEPTED, the decision of the Commissioner is VACATED and this matter is REMANDED to defendant for further proceedings.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

When objections are made to a Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, the 1 district court reviews the case de novo. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) provides in pertinent part:

The district judge to whom the case is assigned shall make a de novo determination upon the record, or after additional evidence, of any portion of the magistrate judge's disposition to which specific written objection has been made in accordance with this rule. The district judge may accept, reject, or modify the recommended decision, receive further evidence, or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.

As stated in the Advisory Committee Notes, “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.” In Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985), the Court held, “It does not appear that Congress intended to require district court review of a magistrate judge's factual or legal conclusions, under a de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”

DECISION

This Court, having reviewed the Report and Recommendation and finding no clear error, hereby accepts the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation. In accordance with that recommendation, the Court hereby VACATES the decision of the Commissioner and REMANDS this matter for the reasons stated by the Magistrate Judge in the Report and Recommendation, which is incorporated herein by reference.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 2