Gonzalez v. Kijakazi

District Court, S.D. Texas

Gonzalez v. Kijakazi

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT June 18, 2024 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION

RODOLFO GONZALEZ, § § Plaintiff, § § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:23-CV-00216 § MARTIN O'MALLEY, § § Defendant. §

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION Before the Court is a Memorandum and Recommendation (M&R) issued by United States Magistrate Judge Jason B. Libby. D.E. 17. The Magistrate Judge recommends that Plaintiff’s brief, construed as a motion for summary judgment (D.E. 11), be denied. The Magistrate Judge also recommends that Defendant’s responsive brief, construed as a cross- motion for summary judgment (D.E. 16), be granted and that this action be dismissed. The parties were provided proper notice of, and opportunity to object to, the Magistrate Judge’s M&R. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b);

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1); General Order No. 2002-13. No objections have been timely filed. When no timely objection to a magistrate judge’s memorandum and recommendation is filed, the district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record and accept the magistrate judge’s memorandum and recommendation. Guillory v. PPG Indus., Inc.,

434 F.3d 303, 308

(5th Cir. 2005) (citing Douglass v. United Servs. Auto Ass’n,

79 F.3d 1415, 1420

(5th Cir. 1996)). 1 / 2 Having reviewed the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations set forth in the Magistrate Judge’s M&R, and all other relevant documents in the record, and finding no clear error, the Court ADOPTS as its own the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge. Therefore, Plaintiffs brief, construed as a motion for summary judgment (D.E. 11), is DENIED. Defendant’s responsive brief, construed as a cross-motion for summary judgment (D.E. 16), is GRANTED and this action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. ORDERED on June 18, 2024.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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