Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:17-CV-014
09-15-2017
REFUGIA G BARRERA, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On August 15, 2017, United States Magistrate Judge B. Janice Ellington issued her Memorandum and Recommendation (D.E. 11). The parties were provided proper notice of, and opportunity to object to, the Magistrate Judge's Memorandum and Recommendation. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); General Order No. 2002-13. No objections have been filed.
When no timely objection to a magistrate judge's memorandum and recommendation is filed, the district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record and accept the magistrate judge's memorandum and recommendation. Guillory v. PPG Industries, Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005) (citing Douglass v. United Services Auto Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1420 (5th Cir. 1996)).
Having reviewed the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the Magistrate Judge's Memorandum and Recommendation (D.E. 11), and all other relevant documents in the record, and finding no clear error, the Court ADOPTS as its own the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (D.E. 8, 9) is GRANTED. The Commissioner's determination that plaintiff is not disabled is not supported by substantial evidence and is VACATED. Plaintiff's action is REMANDED to the Social Security Administration so that a proper assessment can be made of the treating physician's opinion, Plaintiff's subjective complaints, and Plaintiff's RFC to do work.
ORDERED this 15th day of September, 2017.
/s/_________
NELVA GONZALES RAMOS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE