UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON

Angela B.,1

Plaintiff, Case No. 3:21-cv-316 v. District Judge Thomas M. Rose Magistrate Judge Caroline H. Gentry

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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ENTRY AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE (DOC. 16), DENYING THE COMMISSIONER’S MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY REMAND (DOC. 8), CONSTRUING PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE (DOC. 9) AS A MOTION FOR REMAND WITH AN IMMEDIATE AWARD OF BENEFITS AND GRANTING THAT MOTION, AND TERMINATING CASE. ___________________________________________________________________________

This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation filed by the Magistrate Judge on February 7, 2023. (Doc. 16). Proper notice has been given to the parties under

(b)(1)(C), including notice that the parties would waive further appeal if they failed to file objections to the Report and Recommendation in a timely manner. United

1 See S.D. Ohio General Order 22-01 (“The Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States has recommended that due to significant privacy concerns in social security cases federal courts should refer to claimants only by their first names and last initials.”).

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(6th Cir. 1981). No objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation have been filed. The Court has reviewed the findings of the Magistrate Judge. Pursuant to

(b) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), this Court has made a de novo review of the record in this case. Upon consideration of the foregoing, the Court ADOPTS the Report and

Recommendations (Doc. 16) in its entirety. The Court DENIES the Commissioner’s Motion for Voluntary Remand (Doc. 8), CONSTRUES the Plaintiff’s Response (Doc. 9) as a motion for remand with an immediate award of benefits, and GRANTS that motion. The instant case is TERMINATED on the docket of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western District at Dayton. DONE and ORDERED this Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

s/THOMAS M. ROSE __________________________________

THOMAS M. ROSE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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