Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:17-CV-1035
09-17-2018
MICHAEL A. CASTELLANO, Plaintiff v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Defendant
( ) ORDER
AND NOW, this 17th day of September, 2018, upon consideration of the report (Doc. 15) of Chief Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab, recommending that the court deny the appeal of Michael A. Castellano ("Castellano") from the decision of the administrative law judge denying Castellano's application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits, and it appearing that Castellano has not objected to the report, see FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(2), and the court observing that failure of a party to timely object to a magistrate judge's conclusions "may result in forfeiture of de novo review at the district court level," Nara v. Frank, 488 F.3d 187, 194 (3d Cir. 2007) (citing Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 878-79 (3d Cir. 1987)), but that, as a matter of good practice, a district court should "afford some level of review to dispositive legal issues raised by the report," Henderson, 812 F.2d at 878; see also Taylor v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 83 F. Supp. 3d 625, 626 (M.D. Pa. 2015) (citing Univac Dental Co. v. Dentsply Int'l, Inc., 702 F. Supp. 2d 465, 469 (M.D. Pa. 2010)), in order to "satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record," FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b), advisory committee notes, and, following independent review of the record, the court being in agreement with Judge Schwab that the decision of the administrative law judge is "supported by substantial evidence," 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); Fargnoli v. Massanari, 247 F.3d 34, 38 (3d Cir. 2001), and concluding that there is no clear error on the face of the record, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The report (Doc. 15) of Chief Magistrate Judge Schwab is ADOPTED.
2. The decision of the Commissioner denying Castellano's application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits is AFFIRMED.
3. The Clerk of Court shall enter judgment in favor of the Commissioner and against Castellano as set forth in paragraph 2.
4. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case.
/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania