Figueroa v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin.

Full title: KATHERINE FIGUEROA, o/b/o E.A.R.F., a minor child, Plaintiff, v…

Court: United States District Court, N.D. Ohio

Date published: Jan 5, 2022

1:20-cv-1765 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 5, 2022)

Opinion

1:20-cv-1765

01-05-2022

KATHERINE FIGUEROA, o/b/o E.A.R.F., a minor child, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.

JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:

OPINION & ORDER

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JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:

Plaintiff Katherine Figueroa seeks judicial review of the final decision of Defendant Commissioner of Social Security denying her applications for Supplemental Security Income on behalf of her minor child, E.A.R.F. On December 13, 2021, Magistrate Judge Amanda M. Knapp recommended that the Court vacate the Commissioner's decision and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with Judge Knapp's Report and Recommendation.¹

1 Doc. 20.

Under the Federal Magistrates Act, a district court must conduct a de novo review of those portions of a Report and Recommendation to which the parties have objected.²Absent objection, a district court may adopt a Report and Recommendation without review.³

2 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

3 Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985); L.R. 72.3(b).

Here, no party has objected to the Report and Recommendation, so this Court may 1 adopt the Report and Recommendation without further review. Moreover, having conducted its own review of the petition and record, the Court agrees with Judge Knapp's detailed conclusions that the ALJ decision failed to adequately consider the full record.

Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge Knapp's Report and Recommendation, incorporating it fully herein by reference, VACCATES the Commissioner's final decision, and REMANDS this case consistent with the Report and Recommendation.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 2