Morey v. Social Security Administration

Filing 20

ORDER: Adopting Judge Clarke's Report and Recommendation 16 . The decision of the Commissioner is affirmed. Signed on 1/14/09 by Judge Owen M. Panner. (mkk)

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FIl&09 ,JAN 1416:13JSoc-(RP IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON NANCY MOREY, C i v . No. 0 7 - 3 0 9 5 - C L Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J . ASTRUE, C o m m i s s i o n e r , Social Security Administration, Defendant. PANNER, D i s t r i c t J u d g e : ORDER M a g i s t r a t e J u d g e M a r k D. C l a r k e f i l e d a R e p o r t a n d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n , a n d t h e m a t t e r i s now b e f o r e t h i s c o u r t . U.S.C. § S e e 28 6 3 6 ( b ) (1) ( B ) , F e d . R. C i v . P . 7 2 ( b ) . Plaintiff has filed objections. review. 28 U . S . C . I have given the f i l e of t h i s case de novo § 6 3 6 ( b ) (1) (C)i McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore B u s . Mach . · I n c . , 6 5 6 F . 2 d 1 3 0 9 , 1 3 1 3 ( 9 t h C i r . 1 9 8 1 ) . Plaintiff objects, arguing that the hypothetical question s u b m i t t e d t o t h e v o c a t i o n a l e x p e r t i m p r o p e r l y o m i t t e d some o f plaintiff's limitations. I agree with Judge Clarke that the A L J ' s f a i l u r e t o i n c l u d e l i m i t a t i o n s i n memory a n d c o n c e n t r a t i o n 1ORDER was h a r m l e s s b e c a u s e t h e ALJ d i d i n c l u d e t h e l i m i t a t i o n o f n o detailed tasks or instructions, and the vocational expert t e s t i f i e d that the jobs she identified could be performed by a p e r s o n w i t h m o d e r a t e l i m i t a t i o n s i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g , memory, a n d concentration. I find no error in the Report and Recommendation. CONCLUSION M a g i s t r a t e Judge C l a r k e ' s Report and Recommendation (#16) i s adopted. The d e c i s i o n o f t h e Commissioner i s a f f i r m e d . I T I S SO ORDERED. DATED t h i s It/- day of January, 2009. OWEN M. PANNER U . S . DISTRICT JUDGE ~&~~ /} f/;) 2 - ORDER

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