Opinion
4:20-CV-01294
03-29-2022
ANNA-NICKOLE HENRY, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, [1] Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
MAGISTRATE JUDGE ARBUCKLE
ORDER
MATTHEW W. BRANN CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Anna-Nickole Henry filed this action seeking review of a decision of the Acting Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying Henry's claim for supplemental security income. In March 2022, Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that this Court affirm the Commissioner's decision and close this case.
Docs. 1, 17.
Doc. 22.
Henry filed timely objections to the Report and Recommendation, asserting that Magistrate Judge Arbuckle erred in recommending that the administrative law judge had adequately evaluated the opinion of Gregory Sullivan, MD. “If a party objects timely to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the district court must ‘make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.'” Regardless of whether timely objections are made, district courts may accept, reject, or modify- in whole or in part-the magistrate judge's findings or recommendations.
Doc. 23.
Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. City of Long Branch, 866 F.3d 93, 99 (3d Cir. 2017) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)).
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.31.
Upon de novo review of the record, the Court finds no error in Magistrate Judge Arbuckle's conclusion that the Commissioner's decision is supported by substantial evidence. Although Henry disputes some of Magistrate Judge Arbuckle's conclusions, Magistrate Judge Arbuckle correctly determined that, as a whole, the Commissioner's decision is supported by substantial evidence. Consequently, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 22) is ADOPTED;
2. The Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED;
3. Final Judgment is entered in favor of Defendant and against Henry pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 58 and sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and
4. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case.