-DCK Newcomb v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, No. 5:2011cv00023 - Document 22 (W.D.N.C. 2012)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION that Plaintiff's complaint is hereby dismissed without prejudice; denying 15 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment; and adopting 18 Memorandum and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge. Signed by District Judge Richard Voorhees on 7/2/12. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(smj)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATESVILLE DIVISION 5:11CV23-RLV ELIZABETH WARD NEWCOMB ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________ ) Memorandum & Opinion THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURT on Defendant s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 15) and pro se Plaintiff s most recent letter to the Court. (Doc. 12.) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), United States Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler was designated to consider and recommend disposition in the aforesaid motion. In an opinion filed March 26, 2012, the Magistrate Judge recommended that Plaintiff Newcomb s Complaint (Doc. 1) be dismissed without prejudice, and Defendant s Motion for Summary Judgment be denied as moot. (Doc. 18.) The time for filing objections has since passed, 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1)(c), and it is difficult to ascertain the Plaintiff s specific objection for purposes of a de novo review. After a careful review of the Magistrate Judge s Memorandum and Recommendation, the Court finds that his findings of fact are supported by the record and his conclusions of law are consistent with and well supported by current case law. See Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315-16 (4th Cir. 2005) ( [I]n the absence of a timely filed objection, a district court need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation. ); Orpiano v. Johnson, 687 F.2d 44, 47 (4th Cir. 1982) (holding that only a careful review is required in considering memorandum and recommendation absent specific objections.) Since there is no coherent objection, the Court hereby accepts the Memorandum & Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the final decision of this Court for all purposes relating to this case. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Plaintiff s Complaint is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; and Defendant s Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby DENIED. Signed: July 2, 2012 Page 2 of 2

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