Opinion
5:20-cv-135-GKS-PRL
06-23-2021
SKYLAR JOSEPH HETZLER, Plaintiff, v. ANDREW M. SAUL, COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.
ORDER
G. KENDALL SHARP , SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
THIS CAUSE concerns Plaintiff Skylar Joseph Hetzler's appeal from a final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (the Commissioner) denying his applications for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). On May 24, 2021, the United States Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Report and Recommendation) recommending that the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) decision be affirmed (Doc. 19). Thereafter, Plaintiff Hetzler filed Objections to the Report and Recommendation and Request for Oral Argument, (Doc. 20), and the Commissioner filed a Response to the Objections (Doc. 21) seeking affirmance of the Report and Recommendation and denial of the Request for Oral Argument.
Complaint filed April 2, 2020. (Doc. 1).
Decision, March 5, 2019. (Doc. 15-2). Subsequently, on February 5, 2020, the Appeals Council denied Plaintiffs request for a review of the ALJ's decision.
The Commissioner filed a certified copy of the record before the Social Security Administration. (See Doc. 15.)
The ALJ's findings are supported by substantial evidence, and the ALJ applied the proper legal analysis to Plaintiffs disability claims. After de novo review of the portions of the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 19) to which Plaintiff objects, it is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1. Plaintiffs Request for Oral Argument, (Doc. 20), is DENIED.
2. United States Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lammens' Report and Recommendation (Doc. 19) is APPROVED and ADOPTED and is made part of this Order for all purposes, including appellate review.
3. The Commissioner's final decision in this case is AFFIRMED under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
4. The Clerk of Court is directed to ENTER JUDGMENT accordingly and CLOSE the case.
DONE AND ORDERED.