UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 1:18-cv-00234-FDW-DSC TIMOTHY CHARLES PEDEN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) ORDER NANCY A. BERRYHILL, ) Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) ) )

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Magistrate Judge’s Memorandum and Recommendation (“M&R”). (Doc. No. 10). The M&R was entered on June 6, 2019. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) allows a party fourteen (14) days to file specific written objections to a Magistrate Judge’s proposed findings and recommendations. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2). “[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.’” Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co.,

(4th Cir. 2005). By copy of the M&R, each party was advised of their right to file written objections and no objections were subsequently filed. The Court has reviewed the record and has found no clear error as to the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation. Therefore, the Court ADOPTS and APPROVES the findings and recommendations set forth in the M&R. (Doc. No. 10, p. 8). Plaintiff’s “Motion for Summary Judgment,” (Doc. No. 7), is hereby DENIED; Defendant’s 1 “Motion for Summary Judgment,” (Doc. No. 8), is hereby GRANTED; and the Commissioner’s determination is AFFIRMED. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed: July 23, 2019

Frank D. Whitney é □ □ Chief United States District Judge ~*#**