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Blais v. Commissioner of Social Security Admin

United States District Court, N.D. New York
Jun 10, 2010
7:08-CV-1223 (N.D.N.Y. Jun. 10, 2010)

Opinion

7:08-CV-1223.

June 10, 2010

LAWRENCE D. HASSELER, ESQ., CONBOY, MckAY, BACHMAN KENDALL, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Carthage, New York.

SUSAN J. REISS, ESQ., SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF REGIONAL GENERAL COUNSEL, Region II, New York, NY.


DECISION and ORDER


Plaintiff, Timothy J. Blais, filed this action in November 2008, seeking judicial review of the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner") decision pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1382(c)(3). By Report-Recommendation dated May 13, 2010, the Honorable Victor E. Bianchini, United States Magistrate Judge, recommended that the Commissioner's decision denying disability benefits be remanded for further proceedings in accordance with the report-recommendation and pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. Section 405(g). No objections have been filed.

Based upon a careful review of the entire file and the recommendations of Magistrate Judge Bianchini, the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in whole. See 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1). Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision denying disability benefits is REMANDED for further proceedings in accordance with the recommendation and pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. Section 405(g).

IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Blais v. Commissioner of Social Security Admin

United States District Court, N.D. New York
Jun 10, 2010
7:08-CV-1223 (N.D.N.Y. Jun. 10, 2010)
Case details for

Blais v. Commissioner of Social Security Admin

Case Details

Full title:TIMOTHY J. BLAIS, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY…

Court:United States District Court, N.D. New York

Date published: Jun 10, 2010

Citations

7:08-CV-1223 (N.D.N.Y. Jun. 10, 2010)

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