Sager v. Kijakazi

Full title: JEROMY SAGER, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI,[1] Acting Commissioner of…

Court: United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 11, 2022

3:21-CV-00100 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 11, 2022)

Opinion

3:21-CV-00100

03-11-2022

JEROMY SAGER, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI,[1] Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.

Matthew W. Brann Chief United States District Judge

Carlson Magistrate Judge

ORDER

Matthew W. Brann Chief United States District Judge

Jeromy Sager filed this action seeking review of a decision of the Acting Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying Sager's claim for social security disability benefits.² In February 2022, Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that this Court affirm the Commissioner's decision and close this case.³

2 Docs. 1, 16.

3 Doc. 20.

Sager filed timely objections to the Report and Recommendation.⁴ In his objections, Sager asserts that Magistrate Judge Carlson erred in concluding that the administrative law judge (ALJ) properly weighed the medical opinion evidence, and properly accounted for all functional limitations provided for in the persuasive medical opinions.⁵ “If a party objects timely to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the district court must ‘make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.'”⁶ Regardless of whether timely objections are made, district courts may accept, reject, or modify-in whole or in part-the magistrate judge's findings or recommendations.⁷

4 Doc. 21.

5 Id.

6 Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. City of Long Branch, 866 F.3d 93, 99 (3d Cir. 2017) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)).

7 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.31.

Upon de novo review of the record, the Court finds no error in Magistrate Judge Carlson's recommendation. Although Sager disputes some of Magistrate Judge Carlson's observations and conclusions, Magistrate Judge Carlson correctly determined that, as a whole, the ALJ's decision is supported by substantial evidence. Consequently, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 20) is ADOPTED;

2. The Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED;

3. Final Judgment is entered in favor of Defendant and against Sager pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 58 and sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and

4. The Clerk of Court is direct to CLOSE this case.