Robinson v. Commissioner Social Security Administration

District Court, D. South Carolina

Robinson v. Commissioner Social Security Administration

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA ANDERSON/GREENWOOD DIVISION

Janice Lynn Robinson, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil Action No. 8:19-cv-0294-TMC v. ) ) ORDER Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of ) Social Security Administration,1 ) ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________ )

Plaintiff Janice Lynn Robinson brought this action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g), seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying her claim for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”). (ECF No. 1). This matter is before the court for review of the Report and Recommendation (“Report”) of the United States Magistrate Judge, made in accordance with

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1)(B) and Local Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2)(a) (D.S.C.). (ECF No. 14). The Report recommends that the Commissioner’s decision be reversed and remanded for further administrative action pursuant to sentence four of

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g).

Id. at 1, 17

. Neither party has filed objections to the Report, and the time to do so has now run. The Report has no presumptive weight and the responsibility to make a final determination in this matter remains with this court. See Mathews v. Weber,

423 U.S. 261

, 270–71 (1976). In the absence of objections, this court is not required to provide an explanation for adopting the Report. See Camby v. Davis,

718 F.2d 198, 199

(4th Cir. 1983). Rather, “in 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

1 Andrew M. Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on June 17, 2019. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), Saul should be substituted for Nancy Berryhill. recommendation.” Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co.,

416 F.3d 310, 315

(4th Cir. 2005). After a thorough and careful review of the record under the appropriate standards as set forth above, the court adopts the Report of the magistrate judge (ECF No. 14), which is

incorporated herein by reference. Accordingly, the Commissioner’s final decision is REVERSED pursuant to the fourth sentence of

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g), and the case is REMANDED back to the Commissioner for further administrative action consistent with the Report, which is incorporated herein. IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Timothy M. Cain Timothy M. Cain United States District Judge

Anderson, South Carolina April 3, 2020

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