Albert v. Astrue

Filing 27

ORDER granting 16 Motion for Summary Judgment, case is remanded for an immediate award of benefits; denying 19 Motion for Summary Judgment; adopting Report and Recommendations re 25 Report and Recommendations. This case is dismissed. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Senior Judge Frank R Zapata on 6/1/11.(BAR)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Mary Elizabeth Albert, 9 Plaintiff, 10 vs. 11 12 13 Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant 14 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 08-267-TUC-FRZ (CRP) ORDER 15 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment pertaining to 16 the denial of disability benefits. Also pending before the Court is Defendant's Motion for 17 Summary Judgment regarding the same denial of disability benefits. 18 United States Magistrate Judge Pyle issued a Report and Recommendation on April 19 4, 2011. In that Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Pyle recommended granting 20 Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, denying Defendant's Motion for Summary 21 Judgment, and remanding the case for an immediate award of benefits. 22 The Report and Recommendation indicated that any party could file written objections 23 within 14 days after being served with a copy of the Report and Recommendation. The 24 parties have not filed objections to the Report and Recommendation. As such, the Court will 25 not consider any objections or new evidence. 26 The Court has reviewed the record and concludes that Magistrate Judge Pyle’s 27 recommendations are not clearly erroneous. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72; 28 1 Johnson v. Zema Systems Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999); Conley v. Crabtree, 14 2 F. Supp. 2d 1203, 1204 (D. Or. 1998). 3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 4 (1) United States Magistrate Judge Pyle's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 25) is 5 ACCEPTED AND ADOPTED. 6 (2) Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 16) is GRANTED and this case is 7 remanded for an immediate award of benefits. 8 (3) Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 19) is DENIED. 9 (4) This case is DISMISSED. 10 (5) The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment accordingly and close the file 11 in this matter. 12 13 DATED this 1st day of June, 2011. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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