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Hrivnak v. Astrue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Feb 25, 2013
CASE NO. 11-CV-2230 W (S.D. Cal. Feb. 25, 2013)

Opinion

CASE NO. 11-CV-2230 W

02-25-2013

DANIEL G. HRIVNAK, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.


ORDER (1) ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

[DOC. 17], (2) GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S SUMMARY-

JUDGMENT MOTION [DOC. 11], (3) DENYING DEFENDANT'S

SUMMARY-JUDGMENT MOTION [DOC. 16], AND (4) REMANDING CASE

On September 26 , 2011, Plaintiff Daniel G. Hrivnak filed a complaint in this Court seeking judicial review of the Social Security Administration's denial of his Disability Insurance Benefits claim under the Social Security Act. On September 27, 2011, the Court referred the matter to United States Magistrate Judge Jan M. Adler for a Report and Recommendation in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 72.1. The parties then filed cross-motions for summary judgment.

On September 11, 2012, Judge Adler issued a Report and Recommendation ("Report"), recommending that the Court grant Plaintiff's summary-judgment motion, deny Defendant's summary-judgment motion, and remand the case back to the Social Security Administration for proceedings consistent with the Report. (See Report [Doc. 17], 18:19-21.) The Report also required the parties to file any objections by October 2, 2012, and file any replies to objections by October 16, 2012. (Id. at 18:24-27.) To date, the parties have filed no objections and have not requested additional time to file objections.

A district court's duties concerning a magistrate judge's report and recommendation and a respondent's objections thereto are set forth in Rule 72(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When parties file no objections to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, a district court need not review that report and recommendation. See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003)(holding that 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(c) "makes it clear that the district judge must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise")(emphasis in original); Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d 1219, 1226 (D. Arizona 2003) (concluding that where no objections were filed, the District Court had no obligation to review the magistrate judge's Report). This rule is well established within the Ninth Circuit and this district. See Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 992, 1000 n. 13 (9th Cir. 2005)(stating "[o]f course, de novo review of a R & R is only required when an objection is made to the R & R.")(emphasis added)(citing Renya-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121); Nelson v. Giurbino, 395 F. Supp. 2d 946, 949 (S.D. Cal. 2005) (Lorenz, J.) (adopting Report without review because neither party filed objections to the Report despite the opportunity to do so, stating, "accordingly, the Court will adopt the Report and Recommendation in its entirety."); see also Nichols v. Logan, 355 F. Supp. 2d 1155, 1157 (S.D. Cal. 2004) (Benitez, J.).

Therefore, the Court accepts Judge Adlers' Report, and ADOPTS the Report [Doc. 17] in its entirety. For the reasons stated in the Report, which is incorporated herein by reference, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's summary-judgment motion [Doc. 11], DENIES Defendant's summary-judgment motion [Doc. 16], and REMANDS the case to the Social Security Administration for proceedings consistent with the Report. Upon remand, the district court clerk shall close the district court case file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

____________________

Hon. Thomas J. Whelan

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Hrivnak v. Astrue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Feb 25, 2013
CASE NO. 11-CV-2230 W (S.D. Cal. Feb. 25, 2013)
Case details for

Hrivnak v. Astrue

Case Details

Full title:DANIEL G. HRIVNAK, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Feb 25, 2013

Citations

CASE NO. 11-CV-2230 W (S.D. Cal. Feb. 25, 2013)