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finding that the ALJ's failure to mention even a treating physician's opinion date a year before the alleged onset date was at most harmless error
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Case No. 12-14501
11-20-2013
Sadeq A. Mohssen, Plaintiff, v. Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds
ORDER AND OPINION ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S
OCTOBER 28, 2013 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [15] AND OVERRULING
PLAINTIFF'S OBJECTIONS [16]
This matter came before the Court on the magistrate judge's October 23, 2013 report and recommendation. (Dkt. 15.) The magistrate recommended denying Plaintiff Sadeq A. Mohssen's motion for summary judgment for his judicial review of the denial of his Social Security benefits application. (Id.) Plaintiff objected to the magistrate judge's report and recommendation, arguing that the administrate law judge did not properly weigh Plaintiff's treating physicians' opinions properly and did not request a treating physician to supplement the record. (Dkt. 16.)
The Court has reviewed Plaintiff's objections, de novo, and overrules them. The Court agrees with the magistrate judge and his recommendation.
Being fully advised in the premises, having read the pleadings, and for the reasons set forth above, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the magistrate judge's report and recommendation and therefore OVERRULES Plaintiff's objections, GRANTS Defendant's motion for summary judgment, and DENIES Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment.
So ordered.
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Nancy G. Edmunds
United States District Judge
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record on November 20, 2013, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
Johnetta M. Curry-Williams
Case Manager
Acting in the Absence of Carol A. Hemeyer