UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA __________________________________________

JOY MYERS, : Plaintiff, : : v. : No. 2:21-cv-05106 : KILOLO KIJAKAZI, : Acting Commissioner of Social Security, : Defendant. : __________________________________________

O R D E R

AND NOW, this 6th day of June, 2022, upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Complaint, ECF No. 1, Plaintiff’s Brief and Statement in Support of Request for Review, ECF No. 9, Defendant’s Response to Request for Review, ECF No. 11, and Plaintiff’s Reply, ECF No. 12, and after de novo review1 of the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of Marilyn Heffley, United States Magistrate Judge, ECF No. 14, Plaintiff’s Objections to the R&R, ECF No. 15, Defendant’s Response to Plaintiff’s Objections, ECF No. 16, and the complete Administrative Record, ECF Nos. 7 and 8, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. Plaintiff’s objections to the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 15, are OVERRULED;

1 When objections to a report and recommendation have been filed, “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.”

(b)(1)(C); Sample v. Diecks,

, 1106 n.3 (3d Cir. 1989); Goney v. Clark,

(3d Cir. 1984). The “court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings and recommendations” contained in the report.

(b)(1)(C). “District Courts, however, are not required to make any separate findings or conclusions when reviewing a Magistrate Judge’s recommendation de novo under

(b).” Hill v. Barnacle, No. 15-3815,

, at *16-17 (3d Cir. 2016). 2. The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 14, is APPROVED and ADOPTED; 3. Plaintiff’s Request for Review, ECF No. 9, is DENIED; 4. The final order of the Commissioner of Social Security is AFFIRMED; and

5. This case is CLOSED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.___________ JOSEPH F. LEESON, JR. United States District Judge