Opinion
1:20-cv-02633
01-13-2022
LISA BRUNO, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.
OPINION & ORDER [RESOLVING DOC. 1]
JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
Plaintiff Bruno seeks judicial review of the Social Security Administration Commissioner's final decision denying Plaintiff's application for a Period of Disability and Disability Insurance Benefits.
Doc. 1.Plaintiff and Defendant filed merits briefs. Docs. 13; 14.
In support of her request for review, Plaintiff argues that the Administrative Law Judge's determination regarding her residual functional capacity and her manipulative limitations is not supported by substantial evidence. Plaintiff further argues that the Administrative Law Judge erroneously relied on incomplete and insufficient vocational expert testimony regarding job availability. Defendant disagrees.
Doc. 13 at 9-12.
Id. at 12-17.
Doc. 14.
On December 3, 2021, Magistrate Judge Thomas Parker issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending that the Court affirm the Commissioner's final decision denying Plaintiff Bruno's application. Plaintiff did not file objections to the R&R.
Doc. 15.
The Federal Magistrates Act requires district courts to conduct a de novo review of only objected-to portions of an R&R. Absent objection, district courts may adopt an R&R without review. Plaintiff did not object to the R&R, and this Court may adopt Magistrate Judge Parker's R&R without further review.
Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-52 (1985). Failure to timely object may waive a party's right to appeal the district court's order adopting the R&R. Id. at 155; United States v. Waters, 638 F.2d 947, 949-50 (6th Cir. 1981).
Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Parker's R&R, and AFFIRMS the Commissioner's final decision.
IT IS SO ORDERED.