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Graves v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
Dec 14, 2016
No. 15-CV-0205-FVS (E.D. Wash. Dec. 14, 2016)

Opinion

No. 15-CV-0205-FVS

12-14-2016

LOUIS GRAVES, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.


ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENY DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ECF Nos. 13, 14, 18

BEFORE THE COURT is the Report and Recommendation issued by Magistrate Judge Mary K. Dimke on November 14, 2016, ECF No. 18, recommending Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 13, be granted, and Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 14, be denied. Defendant filed objections to the Report and Recommendation on November 17, 2016. ECF No. 19. Plaintiff responded to Defendant's objections on November 28, 2016. ECF No. 20.

After reviewing the Report and Recommendation, the objections and the response, and relevant authorities; the Court finds the Magistrate Judge's findings are correct. Therefore, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation in its entirety. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED:

1. Defendant's Objections to Magistrate Judge Dimke's Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 19, are OVERRULED.

2. The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 18, is ADOPTED in its entirety.

3. Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 13, is GRANTED.

4. Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 14, is DENIED.

The District Court Executive is directed to file this Order and forward copies to the parties. Judgment shall be entered for Plaintiff and the file shall be CLOSED.

DATED December 14, 2016.

s/Fred Van Sickle

Fred Van Sickle

Senior United States District Judge


Summaries of

Graves v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
Dec 14, 2016
No. 15-CV-0205-FVS (E.D. Wash. Dec. 14, 2016)
Case details for

Graves v. Colvin

Case Details

Full title:LOUIS GRAVES, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

Date published: Dec 14, 2016

Citations

No. 15-CV-0205-FVS (E.D. Wash. Dec. 14, 2016)