-PJC Shuler v. Social Security Administration, No. 4:2010cv00667 - Document 19 (N.D. Okla. 2011)

Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER by Chief Judge Claire V Eagan ; remanding case (terminates case) ; accepting 18 Report and Recommendation (Re: 2 Social Security Complaint ) (RGG, Chambers)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA KENNETH A. SHULER, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. Case No. 10-CV-0667-CVE-PJC ORDER On September 14, 2011, Magistrate Judge Paul J. Cleary entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. # 18) concerning the denial of Social Security disability benefits to plaintiff Kenneth A. Shuler. The magistrate judge recommended that the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration be reversed and remanded, because the administrative law judge did not provide a legally sufficient reason for disregarding the opinion evidence of Shuler s treating physician. Dkt. # 18, at 14. The parties deadline to file an objection to the report and recommendation was September 28, 2011. To date, no objections have been filed, and the time to object has expired. The Court has also independently reviewed the Report and Recommendation and sees no reason to modify or reject it. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Report and Recommendation (Dkt. # 18) is accepted as entered, and the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is reversed and remanded. A separate judgment is entered herewith. DATED this 29th day of September, 2011.

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