Miller v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Full title: LOUIS G. MILLER, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION

Date published: Mar 29, 2018

Case No. 1:16-cv-1121 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 29, 2018)

Opinion

Case No. 1:16-cv-1121

03-29-2018

LOUIS G. MILLER, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

Judge Timothy S. Black

Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz

DECISION AND ENTRY ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (Doc. 17)

This case is before the Court pursuant to the Order of General Reference to United States Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz. Pursuant to such reference, the Magistrate Judge reviewed the pleadings filed with this Court and, on January 23, 2018, submitted a Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 17). Plaintiff filed objections on February 6, 2018. (Doc. 18).¹

1 Plaintiff's objections to the Report and Recommendation are not well-taken. Plaintiff's objections are general in nature and merely reargue Plaintiff's claim that the ALJ's decision was not supported by substantial evidence. Plaintiff does not identify any specific alleged errors in the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation for this Court's review. General objections [to a Report and Recommendation] are insufficient to preserve any issues for review; '[a] general objection to the entirety of the magistrate's report has the same effects as would a failure to object.'" Carter v. Riverside Methodist Hosp., No. 2:12-CV-1152, 2013 WL 793558, at *1 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 4, 2013) (Marbley, J.) (quoting Howard v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 932 F.2d 505, 509 (6th Cir.1991). --------

As required by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), the Court has reviewed the comprehensive findings of the Magistrate Judge and considered de novo all of the filings in this matter. Upon consideration of the foregoing, the Court does determine that such Report and Recommendation should be and is hereby adopted in its entirety.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision to deny Plaintiff disability insurance benefits is AFFIRMED. The Clerk shall enter a judgment accordingly, whereupon this case shall be CLOSED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: March 29, 2018

/s/_________

Timothy S. Black

United States District Judge