Opinion
CASE NO. 1:17-cv-1289
06-26-2018
LAVELLE WOODALL, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
OPINION & ORDER
[Resolving Doc. 1] :
On June 20, 2017, Plaintiff Lavelle Woodall filed a complaint seeking judicial review of Defendant Commissioner of Social Security's decision to deny his application for a period of disability, disability insurance benefits, and supplemental security income. The Court referred the matter to Magistrate Judge David A. Ruiz.
Doc. 1; Doc. 14 at 1.
On June 11, 2018, Magistrate Judge Ruiz issued a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") recommending that this Court affirm the Commissioner's final decision. Objections to that R&R were due by June 25, 2018. Plaintiff Woodall filed no objections.
Id.
The Federal Magistrates Act requires a district court to conduct a de novo review only of those portions of an R&R to which the parties have made an objection. Failure to timely object waives a party's right to appeal the Magistrate Judge's R&R. So, where a party does not object to the R&R, a district court may adopt it without review.
Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 145 (1985); United States v. Walters, 638 F.2d 947, 949-50 (6th Cir. 1981).
See Thomas, 474 U.S. at 149-50. --------
Accordingly, in light of Plaintiff Woodall's decision not to object to the R&R in this case, the Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Ruiz's R&R, incorporates it as if fully restated herein, and AFFIRMS the Commissioner's denial of benefits.
IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 26, 2018
s/ James S . Gwin
JAMES S. GWIN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE