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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:0205 Appointment of Surgeon General

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICENTE AGAPITO VEGA,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 14cv1485-LAB (DHB)

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND

vs. RECOMMENDATION

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Commissioner

of Social Security,

Defendant.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Civil Local Rules 72.1(c) and (d), this social

security appeal was referred to Magistrate Judge Bartick for a Report and Recommendation

(“R & R”). Now pending before the Court are cross motions for summary judgment. (Docket

nos. 16 and 20.) Judge Bartick issued his R & R on November 12, 2015, concluding that the

Commissioner's motion should be granted and Vega’s motion should be denied. (Docket

no. 23.) Vega had until November 30, 2015 to file an objection. He failed to file one, though,

which is of substantial consequence. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3) (“The district judge must

determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge's disposition that has been properly

objected to.”); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc)

(district judge “must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo

if objection is made, but not otherwise”). The Court has also independently reviewed Judge

Bartick’s R & R and finds it be thorough and well-reasoned. The Court therefore ADOPTS

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the R & R in its entirety, and the Commissioner's summary judgment motion is GRANTED

while Vega’s is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 1, 2015

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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