Salazar v. Soc. Sec. Admin.

Full title: ALMA ELIA SALAZAR, Plaintiff, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, et al…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS GALVESTON DIVISION

Date published: Mar 22, 2017

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:16-CV-40 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 22, 2017)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:16-CV-40

03-22-2017

ALMA ELIA SALAZAR, Plaintiff, v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, et al, Defendants.

George C. Hanks Jr. United States District Judge

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND DISMISSING CASE

Pending before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge John Froeschner. Dkt. 22. On July 12, 2016, this case was referred to Judge Froeschner pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Dkt. 13. Pending before Judge Froeschner was Defendant's (Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration) Motion for Summary Judgment. Dkt. 12. On March 6, 2017, Judge Froeschner filed a Report and Recommendation recommending that the Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment be granted and that the Plaintiff's action be dismissed. Dkt. 22.

No objections have been filed to the Report and Recommendation. Accordingly, the Court reviews the Report and Recommendation for plain error on the face of the record. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see also, FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3).

Based on the pleadings, the record and the applicable law, the Court finds that there is no plain error apparent from the face of the record. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

(1) Judge Froeschner Report and Recommendation is APPROVED AND ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court;

(2) The Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED;

(3) The case is DISMISSED;

(4) All other pending motions are DENIED as moot.

It is so ORDERED.

SIGNED at Galveston, Texas, this 22^nd day of March, 2017.

/s/_________

George C. Hanks Jr.

United States District Judge