Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:17-cv-01322
02-06-2018
STEVEN PAUL STOVER, Plaintiff, v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
By Standing Order (Document 4) entered on February 22, 2017, this action was referred to the Honorable Cheryl A. Eifert, United States Magistrate Judge, for submission to this Court of proposed findings of fact and recommendation for disposition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). On January 12, 2018, the Magistrate Judge submitted a Proposed Findings and Recommendation (Document 14) wherein it is recommended that the Plaintiff's request for judgment on the pleadings (Document 11) be denied, the Defendant's request to affirm the decision of the Commissioner (Document 12) be granted, the decision of the Commissioner be affirmed, and this action be dismissed from the Court's docket.
Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Proposed Findings and Recommendation were due by January 29, 2018, and none were filed by either party. The Court is not required to review, under a de novo or any other standard, the factual or legal conclusions of the magistrate judge as to those portions of the findings or recommendation to which no objections are addressed. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50 (1985); see also Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198, 199 (4th Cir. 1983) (holding that districts courts may adopt proposed findings and recommendations without explanation in the absence of objections).
Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS and incorporates herein the findings and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge as contained in the Proposed Findings and Recommendation, and ORDERS that the Plaintiff's request for judgment on the pleadings (Document 11) be DENIED, the Defendant's request to affirm the decision of the Commissioner (Document 12) be GRANTED, the decision of the Commissioner be AFFIRMED, and this action be DISMISSED from the Court's docket.
The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a certified copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order to Magistrate Judge Eifert, counsel of record, and any unrepresented party.
ENTER: February 6, 2018
/s/_________
IRENE C. BERGER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA