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6:14-CV-0761 (GTS/ATB)
09-11-2015
VERONICA BUNCE, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
APPEARANCES: THE ANTONOWICZ GROUP Counsel for Plaintiff 148 West Dominick Street Rome, New York 13440 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF REG'L GEN. COUNSEL-REGION II Counsel for Defendant 26 Federal Plaza, Room 3904 New York, New York 10278 OF COUNSEL: PETER W. ANTONOWICZ, ESQ. KRISTINA D. COHN, ESQ.
APPEARANCES: THE ANTONOWICZ GROUP
Counsel for Plaintiff
148 West Dominick Street
Rome, New York 13440
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF REG'L GEN. COUNSEL-REGION II
Counsel for Defendant
26 Federal Plaza, Room 3904
New York, New York 10278
OF COUNSEL: PETER W. ANTONOWICZ, ESQ. KRISTINA D. COHN, ESQ. GLENN T. SUDDABY, United States District Judge DECISION and ORDER
The above matter comes to this Court following a Report-Recommendation by United States Magistrate Judge Andrew T. Baxter, filed on July 23, 2015, recommending that the Commissioner's decision be affirmed, and that Plaintiff's Complaint be dismissed. (Dkt. No. 18.) Objections to the Report-Recommendation have not been filed, and the time period in which to do so has expired. (See generally Docket Sheet.) After carefully reviewing all of the papers in this action, including Magistrate Judge Baxter's thorough Report-Recommendation, the Court can find no clear error in the Report-Recommendation. As a result, the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety, the Commissioner's decision is affirmed, and Plaintiff's Complaint is dismissed.
ACCORDINGLY, it is
ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Baxter's Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 18) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision is AFFIRMED ; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff's Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED. Dated: September 11, 2015
Syracuse, New York
/s/_________
Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby
Chief U.S. District Judge