Opinion
CASE NO. 1:17-cv-1078
05-29-2018
MATTHEW W. WADDELL, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
OPINION AND ORDER
[Resolving Doc. 1] :
On May 23, 2017, Plaintiff Matthew W. Waddell filed a complaint seeking judicial review of the Defendant Commissioner of Social Security's denial of his application for disability insurance benefits. The Court referred the matter to Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Parker.
Doc. 1.
On May 10, 2018, Magistrate Judge Parker issued a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") recommending that this Court affirm the Commissioner's final decision. Objections to that R&R were due by May 24, 2018. Plaintiff Waddell filed no objections.
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The Federal Magistrates Act requires a district court to conduct a de novo review only of those portions of an R&R to which the parties have made an objection. Failure to timely object waives a party's right to appeal the magistrate's report. Where a party does not object to the R&R, a district court may adopt it without review.
Thomas v . Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 145 (1985); United States v . Walters, 638 F.2d 947, 949-50 (6th Cir. 1981).
See Thomas , 474 U.S. at 149-50. --------
Accordingly, in light of Plaintiff Waddell's decision not to object to the R&R in this case, the Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Parker's R&R, incorporates it as if fully restated herein, and AFFIRMS the Commissioner's final decision.
IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: May 29, 2018
s/ James S . Gwin
JAMES S. GWIN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE