Opinion
Case No. 3:15-cv-121-J-34MCR
11-17-2015
CINDY L. FOUT, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Magistrate Judge Monte C. Richardson's Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 18; Report), entered on October 23, 2015. In the Report, Magistrate Judge Richardson recommends that the Commissioner's final decision be affirmed. See Report at 16. No objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing so has passed.
The Court "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). If no specific objections to findings of facts are filed, the district court is not required to conduct a de novo review of those findings. See Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, the district court must review legal conclusions de novo. See Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994); United States v. Rice, No. 2:07-mc-8-FtM-29SPC, 2007 WL 1428615, at *1 (M.D. Fla. May 14, 2007).
Upon independent review of the Report, the Court will accept and adopt the legal and factual conclusions recommended by the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. Magistrate Judge Monte C. Richardson's Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 18) is ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment AFFIRMING the Commissioner's decision and close the file.
DONE AND ORDERED in Jacksonville, Florida, this 17th day of November, 2015.
/s/_________
MARCIA MORALES HOWARD
United States District Judge
ja Copies to: The Honorable Monte C. Richardson
United States Magistrate Judge
Counsel of Record