Summary
This order from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota accepts a magistrate judge's report and recommendation in a Social Security benefits appeal. Finding no clear error, the court denied the plaintiff's motion to remand the Commissioner's decision and granted the defendant's motion to affirm it. Judgment was entered accordingly on February 18, 2025.
Court
United States District Court, District of Minnesota
Writing for the Court
Jerry W. Blackwell
Jurisdiction
United States District Court, District of Minnesota
Decision date
February 18, 2025
Docket number
0:24-cv-00385
Procedural posture
Order accepting magistrate's report and recommendation; plaintiff's request to remand denied; defendant's request to affirm granted; Commissioner decision affirmed.
Standard of review
clear error
Precedential value
nonprecedential
Disposition
affirmed
Topics
administrative lawjudicial review of agency actionagency adjudicationcivil procedure
Practice areas
administrative lawcivil procedure
Questions Presented
- Whether the magistrate’s Report and Recommendation should be affirmed absent clear error.
Holdings
- The court found no clear error in the magistrate’s Report and Recommendation and therefore accepted it and affirmed the Commissioner’s decision.
Key quotations
“Having reviewed the R&R, no clear error is found.”
Factual background
Plaintiff Angela D. appealed the Social Security Commissioner’s decision. The magistrate issued a Report and Recommendation; no party filed objections.
Procedural history
Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz issued a Report and Recommendation on January 17, 2025. No objections were filed. The district court reviewed the R&R for clear error under Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) and found no clear error.
Court Document
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