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Wishard v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
Oct 12, 2017
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:16-CV-382 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 12, 2017)

Summary

affirming where "the ALJ specifically considered Plaintiff's alleged financial inability for not complying with prescribed treatment and found his testimony to be not entirely credible, based in part on his financial ability to maintain his 1 1/2 pack a day smoking habit"

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:16-CV-382

10-12-2017

DAVID W. WISHARD, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W COLVIN, Defendant.


ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION

On September 25, 2017, United States Magistrate Judge Jason B. Libby signed a Memorandum and Recommendation recommending that Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment be denied, the Commissioner's determination be affirmed, and Plaintiff's cause of action be dismissed. Seeing no objection to this recommendation by either party and having now reviewed the recommendation, this Court hereby adopts as its own the Memorandum and Recommendation as the decision of the Court. Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment is denied, the Commissioner's determination is affirmed, and Plaintiff's cause of action is dismissed.

SIGNED and ORDERED this 12th day of October, 2017.

/s/_________

Janis Graham Jack

Senior United States District Judge


Summaries of

Wishard v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
Oct 12, 2017
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:16-CV-382 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 12, 2017)

affirming where "the ALJ specifically considered Plaintiff's alleged financial inability for not complying with prescribed treatment and found his testimony to be not entirely credible, based in part on his financial ability to maintain his 1 1/2 pack a day smoking habit"

Summary of this case from Gonzalez v. Berryhill
Case details for

Wishard v. Colvin

Case Details

Full title:DAVID W. WISHARD, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W COLVIN, Defendant.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION

Date published: Oct 12, 2017

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:16-CV-382 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 12, 2017)

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