Opinion
No. 2:14-cv-05521
09-27-2016
JODI M. CALVERT, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 27th day of September, 2016, upon consideration of Plaintiff's Complaint, ECF No. 1, Defendant's Answer, ECF No. 5, Plaintiff's Brief and Statement in Support of Request for Review, ECF No. 7, Defendant's Response to Request for Review, ECF No. 8, and Plaintiff's Reply, ECF No. 10, and after de novo review of the Report and Recommendation ("R&R") of Marilyn Heffley, United States Magistrate Judge, ECF No. 12, Plaintiff's Objections to the R&R, ECF No. 13, and the complete Administrative Record, ECF No. 4, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
When objections to a report and recommendation have been filed, "the court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); Sample v. Diecks, 885 F.2d 1099, 1106 n.3 (3d Cir. 1989); Goney v. Clark, 749 F.2d 5, 6-7 (3d Cir. 1984). "District Courts, however, are not required to make any separate findings or conclusions when reviewing a Magistrate Judge's recommendation de novo under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)." Hill v. Barnacle, No. 15-3815, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 12370, at *16-17 (3d Cir. 2016). The "court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings and recommendations" contained in the report. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). --------
1. Plaintiff's objections to the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 13, are OVERRULED;
2. The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 12, is APPROVED and ADOPTED;
3. Plaintiff's Request for Review, ECF No. 7, is DENIED;
4. The final order of the Commissioner of Social Security is AFFIRMED; and
5. This case is CLOSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Joseph F . Leeson, Jr.
JOSEPH F. LEESON, JR.
United States District Judge