Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:15-cv-15513
01-24-2017
LOIS JEAN WORKMAN, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
By Standing Order (Document 4) entered on November 25, 2015, this action was referred to the Honorable Dwane L. Tinsley, United States Magistrate Judge, for submission to this Court of proposed findings of fact and recommendation for disposition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). On January 6, 2017, the Magistrate Judge submitted a Proposed Findings and Recommendation (Document 14) wherein it is recommended that this Court grant the Defendant's Motion to Remand (Document 13); reverse the final decision of the Commissioner; remand this matter for further proceedings pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and dismiss this matter from the Court's docket.
Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Proposed Findings and Recommendation were due by January 23, 2017, and none were filed by either party. The Court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the magistrate judge as to those portions of the findings or recommendation to which no objections are addressed. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50 (1985); see also Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983) (holding that districts courts may adopt proposed findings and recommendations without explanation in the absence of objections).
Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS and incorporates herein the findings and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge as contained in the Proposed Findings and Recommendation. The Court ORDERS that the Defendant's Motion to Remand (Document 13) be GRANTED; the final decision of the Commissioner be REVERSED; this matter be REMANDED for further proceedings pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and this matter be DISMISSED from the Court's docket.
The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a certified copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order to Magistrate Judge Tinsley, counsel of record, and any unrepresented party.
ENTER: January 24, 2017
/s/_________
IRENE C. BERGER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA