Opinion
6:20-cv-06189-MWP
06-22-2021
JASON E., Plaintiff, v. ANDREW SAUL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
ORDER
MARKW. PEDERSEN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff filed an action seeking judicial review of the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security, which denied his claim for Disability Income Benefits, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Both parties filed Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings, and oral argument was held on May 20, 2021.
This Court has reviewed the parties' competing motions together with their respective memoranda of law, and the arguments of Justin M. Goldstein, Esq. of the Law Offices of Kenneth Hiller, PLLC, attorney of record for Plaintiff, and Brittany J. Gigliotti, Esq., Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, attorney of record for Defendant. Now, upon all pleadings, the administrative record, the parties' memoranda of law, and the arguments of the parties, It is ORDERED and ADJUDGED, for the reasons stated in open Court at the oral argument of this matter on May 20, 2021, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and the parties' consent, and consistent with this Court's ruling from the bench following oral argument, the decision of Defendant Commissioner is Affirmed; and it is further
ORDERED and ADJUDGED, that Plaintiffs motion for judgment on the pleadings (ECF No. 11) is Denied; and it is further
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the transcript of the Court's Decision shall be filed, and the Court Clerk shall issue Judgment in favor of the Commissioner and close this case.
SO ORDERED.
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