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Case No. 3:11-cv-709-J-32JBT
06-25-2012
ELENA VORONOVA, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
ORDER
This case is before the Court on Plaintiff's appeal of an administrative decision denying her claim for a period of disability, disability insurance benefits, and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act (Doc. 1). The parties filed briefs and the administrative record and, upon review of these filings, the assigned United States Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21) recommending that the Commissioner's decision be affirmed. Plaintiff did not file any objections to the Report and Recommendation and the time in which to do so has now passed.
Accordingly, upon independent review of the file and for the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation issued by the Magistrate Judge (Doc. 21), it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21) of the Magistrate Judge is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
2. Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3), the decision of the Commissioner is hereby AFFIRMED.
3. The Clerk is hereby directed to enter judgment accordingly and to close the file.
DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida this 25th day of June, 2012.
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TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN
United States District Judge
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Honorable Joel B. Toomey
United States Magistrate Judge
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