Julie Melissa Wuertz v. Commissioner of Social Security

Wuertz · United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division · April 8, 2026 · No. 3:25-cv-742

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio adopted a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation after no party filed timely objections. The court reversed the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of supplemental security income and remanded the case to the Commissioner and administrative law judge under Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division
Jurisdiction
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division
Decision date
April 8, 2026
Docket number
3:25-cv-742
Disposition
reversed_and_remanded

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the parties' failure to file timely objections to the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation waived subsequent review.
  2. Whether the district court should adopt the Report and Recommendation and reverse and remand the Commissioner's decision under Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

Holdings

  1. A party's failure to file objections within the prescribed fourteen-day period constitutes a waiver of subsequent review of the Report and Recommendation.
  2. The district court adopted the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation, reversed the Commissioner's decision denying supplemental security income, and remanded the case to the Commissioner and the administrative law judge under Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

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