IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN DIVISION Case No. 7:24-CV-00663-M-BM MARK A. DUGAN, ) Plaintiff, V. ORDER FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner of Social Security, ) Defendant. gs) This matter comes before the court on the memorandum and recommendation (“M&R”) entered by Magistrate Judge Brian S. Meyers [DE 21]. Judge Meyers recommends that this case be remanded back to the Commissioner for further proceedings. /d. at 15. He instructed the parties to file any written objections on or before September 19, 2025. /d. at 17 Neither party did so. A magistrate judge’s recommendation carries no presumptive weight. The court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the... recommendation[ ]. . . receive further evidence or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions.”

(b)(1); accord Mathews v. Weber,

(1976). The court “shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” Jd. § 636(b)(1). Absent a specific and timely objection, the court reviews only for “clear error” and need not give any explanation for adopting the recommendation. Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co.,

(4th Cir. 2005). Upon careful review of the M&R and the record presented, and finding no clear error, the court ADOPTS the recommendation of the magistrate judge as its own. See Diamond, 416 F.3d

court ADOPTS the recommendation of the magistrate judge as its own. See Diamond,

. For the reasons stated therein, the final decision of the Commissioner is REMANDED for proceedings consistent with this order. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to close this case.

SO ORDERED this ih day of September, 2025.

iceman “4 □ iN Ves ao Ogee RICHARD E. MYERS li CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE