Rudd v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, No. 1:2014cv03125 - Document 25 (D.S.C. 2015)

Court Description: ORDER AND OPINION RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION adopting 22 Report and Recommendation reversing pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and remanding for further administrative proceedings. Signed by Honorable J Michelle Childs on 8/5/2015. (asni, )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Joseph Roger Rudd, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant. Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-03125-JMC ORDER This matter is before the court for a review of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (“Report”), (ECF No. 22), filed on July 14, 2015, recommending that the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”) denying Plaintiff’s claims for Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) be reversed, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and remanded to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings consistent with the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation. The Report sets forth the relevant facts and legal standards which this court incorporates herein without a recitation. The Magistrate Judge’s Report is made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Civil Rule 73.02 for the District of South Carolina. The Magistrate Judge makes only a recommendation to this court. The recommendation has no presumptive weight. The responsibility to make a final determination remains with this court. See Mathews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261, 270-71 (1976). The court is charged with making a de novo determination of those portions of the Report to which specific objections are made, and the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation or recommit the matter with instructions. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Defendant does not intend to file objections to the Report. (ECF No. 24.) Further, Plaintiff has not filed objections to the Report. In the absence of objections to the Report, this court is not required to provide an explanation for adopting the recommendation. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983). Rather, “in 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.’” Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee’s note). Furthermore, failure to file specific written objections to the Report results in a party’s waiver of the right to appeal from the judgment of the district court based upon such recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985); Wright v. Collins, 766 F.2d 841 (4th Cir. 1985); United States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91 (4th Cir. 1984). After a thorough and careful review of the record, the court finds that the Magistrate Judge’s Report provides an accurate summary of the facts and law in the instant case. The court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Report (ECF No. 22). For the reasons set out in the Report, the Commissioner’s final decision is REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation. IT IS SO ORDERED. United States District Judge August 5, 2015 Aiken, South Carolina

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