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Rounsevelle v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
Jul 16, 2014
Case No. 3:12-cv-01970-PK (D. Or. Jul. 16, 2014)

Opinion

Case No. 3:12-cv-01970-PK

07-16-2014

KATHLEEN A. ROUNSEVELLE, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.


ORDER

Michael H. Simon, District Judge.

United States Magistrate Judge Paul Papak issued Findings and Recommendation in this case on June 26, 2014. Dkt. 30. Judge Papak recommended that the decision by the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner") finding Plaintiff not disabled and denying her application for supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act be affirmed. No party has filed objections.

Under the Federal Magistrates Act ("Act"), the court may "accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). If a party files objections to a magistrate's findings and recommendations, "the court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." Id.; Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).

If no party objects, the Act does not prescribe any standard of review. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 152 (1985) ("There is no indication that Congress, in enacting [the Act], intended to require a district judge to review a magistrate's report[.]"); United States. v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (the court must review de novo magistrate's findings and recommendations if objection is made, "but not otherwise").

Although review is not required in the absence of objections, the Act "does not preclude further review by the district judge[] sua sponte . . . under a de novo or any other standard." Thomas, 474 U.S. at 154. Indeed, the Advisory Committee Notes to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) recommend that "[w]hen no timely objection is filed," the court review the magistrate's findings and recommendations for "clear error on the face of the record."

No party having made objections, this Court follows the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and reviews Judge Papak's Findings and Recommendation for clear error on the face of the record. No such error is apparent. Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge Papak's Findings and Recommendation, Dkt. 30. The Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED and this case is DISMISSED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Michael H. Simon

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Rounsevelle v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
Jul 16, 2014
Case No. 3:12-cv-01970-PK (D. Or. Jul. 16, 2014)
Case details for

Rounsevelle v. Colvin

Case Details

Full title:KATHLEEN A. ROUNSEVELLE, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON

Date published: Jul 16, 2014

Citations

Case No. 3:12-cv-01970-PK (D. Or. Jul. 16, 2014)