Opinion
5:14-CV-0786 (GTS/ESH)
09-15-2015
CORAMAE DOWLING, Plaintiff, v. COMM'R OF SOC. SEC., Defendant.
APPEARANCES: OLINSKY LAW GROUP Counsel for Plaintiff 300 S. State St., Ste. 420 Syracuse, NY 13202 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF REG'L GEN. COUNSEL-REGION II Counsel for Defendant 26 Federal Plaza - Room 3904 New York, New York 10278 OF COUNSEL: HOWARD D. OLINSKY, ESQ. ANDREA LECHLEITNER, ESQ.
APPEARANCES: OLINSKY LAW GROUP
Counsel for Plaintiff
300 S. State St., Ste. 420
Syracuse, NY 13202
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF REG'L GEN. COUNSEL-REGION II
Counsel for Defendant
26 Federal Plaza - Room 3904
New York, New York 10278
OF COUNSEL: HOWARD D. OLINSKY, ESQ. ANDREA LECHLEITNER, ESQ. GLENN T. SUDDABY, United States District Judge DECISION and ORDER
Currently before the Court, in this action filed by Coramae Dowling ("Plaintiff") against the Commissioner of Social Security ("Defendant" or "Commissioner") pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3) seeking disability benefits, is the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Earl S. Hines, issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and (B) and Local Rule 72.3(c) of the Local Rules of Practice for this Court, recommending that the Commissioner's decision be affirmed and Plaintiff's request to remand the ALJ's unfavorable decision be denied. (Dkt. No. 19.) No objections were filed in this case.
A district court reviewing a magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). Parties may raise objections to the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation, but they must be "specific written" objections, and must be submitted "[w]ithin 14 days after being served with a copy of the recommendations disposition." Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b)(2); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). "Where, however, an objecting party makes only conclusory or general objections, or simply reiterates his original arguments, the Court reviews the Report and Recommendation only for clear error." Caldwell v. Crosset, 2010 WL 2346330 at * 1 (N.D.N.Y. 2010) (internal quotations omitted) (citing Farid v. Bouey, 554 F.Supp.2d 301, 307 [N.D.N.Y. 2008]).
After carefully reviewing the relevant filings in this action the Court can find no clear error in the Report and Recommendation: Magistrate Judge Hines employed the proper standards, accurately recited the facts, and reasonably applied the law to those facts. (Dkt. No. 19.)
ACCORDINGLY, it is
ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Hines' Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 19) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED the Commissioner's motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 16) is GRANTED ; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 15) is DENIED ; and it is further
ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED ; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff's Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED. Dated: September 15, 2015
Syracuse, NY
/s/_________
Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby
Chief, U.S. District Judge