Taylor v. Colvin, No. 6:2014cv00814 - Document 13 (N.D.N.Y 2015)

Court Description: DECISION AND ORDER accepting and adopting # 12 Magistrate Judge Hines' Report and Recommendation in its entirety; the Commissioner's motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 10 ) is DENIED; Plaintiff's motion for judgment on t he pleadings (Dkt. No. 8 ) is GRANTED; the Commissioner's decision denying disability benefits is VACATED; and this matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and consistent with the specific instructions outlined in the Report and Recommendation. Signed by Judge Glenn T. Suddaby on 8/5/15. (lmw)

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Taylor v. Colvin Doc. 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ______________________________________ MELISSA J. TAYLOR, Plaintiff, 6:14-CV-0814 (GTS/ESH) v. COMM’R OF SOC. SEC., Defendant. ______________________________________ APPEARANCES: OF COUNSEL: JOHN W. DEHAAN Counsel for Plaintiff 300 Rabro Drive East, Suite 101 Hauppauge, New York 11788 JOHN W. DEHAAN, ESQ. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF REG’L GEN. COUNSEL – REGION II Counsel for Defendant 26 Federal Plaza - Room 3904 New York, New York 10278 DAVID B. MYERS, ESQ. GLENN T. SUDDABY, United States District Judge DECISION and ORDER Currently before the Court, in this action filed by Melissa J. Taylor (“Plaintiff”) against the Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant” or “Commissioner”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3) seeking disability benefits, are the ReportRecommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Earl S. Hines, issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and (B) and Local Rule 72.3(c) of the Local Rules of Practice for this Court, recommending that the Commissioner’s decision be reversed and the case remanded. (Dkt. No. 12.) Objections to the Report-Recommendation have not been filed, and the time in which to do so has expired. (See generally Docket Sheet.) Dockets.Justia.com After carefully reviewing all of the papers herein, including Magistrate Judge Hines’s thorough Report-Recommendation, the Court can find no clear error in the ReportRecommendation.1 As a result, the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety; and the case is remanded to Defendant for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Hines’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 12) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; and it is further ORDERED the Commissioner’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 10) is DENIED; and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings (Dkt. No. 8) is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that the Commissioner’s decision denying disability benefits is VACATED; and it is further ORDERED that this matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and consistent with the specific instructions outlined in the Report and Recommendation. Dated: August 5, 2015 Syracuse, NY 1 When no objection is made to a report-recommendation, the Court subjects that reportrecommendation to only a clear error review. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), Advisory Committee Notes: 1983 Addition. When performing such a “clear error” review, “the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.” Id.; see also Batista v. Walker, No. 94-CV-2826, 1995 WL 453299, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. July 31, 1995) (“I am permitted to adopt those sections of [a magistrate judge's] report to which no specific objection is made, so long as those sections are not facially erroneous.”) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

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