UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION

DANIEL W. METZ, ) CASE NO. 1:24-cv-1671 ) ) Plaintiff, ) CHIEF JUDGE SARA LIOI ) ) vs. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ) ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL ) SECURITY, ) ) Defendant. )

Plaintiff Daniel Metz’s (“Metz”) claim for disability insurance benefits was denied by defendant Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”). (Doc. No. 1 (Complaint), at 1– 2.) Metz seeks review of that adverse decision. See

(g). The Court referred the matter to Magistrate Judge Jonathan D. Greenberg for a report and recommendation. See Local Rule 72.2(b). On July 22, Judge Greenberg recommended that the Court affirm the Commissioner’s decision. (See Doc. No. 11 (Report and Recommendation).) Under

(b)(1)(C), “[w]ithin fourteen days after being served with a copy [of a report and recommendation], any party may serve and file written objections to [the] proposed findings and recommendations as provided by rules of court.” That fourteen-day period expired on August 5, but Metz has filed no objections. Failure to file written objections to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation constitutes a waiver of a de novo determination by the district court of an issue covered in the report. Thomas v. Arn,

, 814–15 (6th Cir. 1984), aff’d,

(1985); Newman v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 5:22-cv-1982,

, at *1 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 26, 2023). The Court has reviewed the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and adopts the same. Accordingly, the Commissioner’s decision is AFFIRMED, and this case is DISMISSED. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: August 11, 2025 Din, □ HONORABLE SARA LIOI CHIEF JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT