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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES OSKAR HILDINGER,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 13-CV-1370 W (WVG)

ORDER (1) ADOPTING REPORT

AND RECOMMENDATION

[DOC. 20], (2) GRANTING

PLAINTIFF’S SUMMARYJUDGMENT MOTION [DOC. 14],

(3) DENYING DEFENDANT’S

SUMMARY-JUDGMENT MOTION

[DOC. 17], AND (4) REMANDING

CASE

 v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting

Commissioner of the Social Security

Administration,

Defendant.

On June 12, 2013, Plaintiff James Oskar Hildinger filed this lawsuit seeking

judicial review of the Social Security Commissioner’s decision denying his claim for

disability insurance benefits. The matter was referred to the Honorable William V.

Gallo, United States Magistrate Judge, for a report and recommendation under 28

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Thereafter, the parties filed cross-motions for summary

judgment.

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On May 7, 2014, Judge Gallo issued a Report and Recommendation (“Report”),

recommending that the Court grant Plaintiff’s summary-judgment motion, deny

Defendant’s summary-judgment motion, and remand the case to the Administrative

Law Judge for further proceedings consistent with the Report. (See Report [Doc. 20],

29:2–5.) The Report also ordered any objections filed by May 21, 2014, and any reply

filed by June 4, 2014. (Id. at 29:8–14.) To date, no objection has been filed, nor has

there been a request for additional time in which to file an objection. 

A district court’s duties concerning a magistrate judge’s report and

recommendation and a respondent’s objections thereto are set forth in Rule 72(b) of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When no objections

are filed, the district court is not required to review the magistrate judge’s report and

recommendation. See United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir.

2003)(holding that 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(c) “makes it clear that the district judge must

reviewthe magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made,

but not otherwise”)(emphasis in original); Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F. Supp. 2d 1219,

1226 (D. Arizona 2003) (concluding that where no objections were filed, the District

Court had no obligation to review the magistrate judge’s Report). This rule of law is

well established within the Ninth Circuit and this district. See Wang v. Masaitis, 416

F.3d 992, 1000 n. 13 (9th Cir. 2005)(“Of course, de novo review of a R & R is only

required when an objection is made to the R & R.”)(emphasis added)(citing RenyaTapia, 328 F.3d 1121); Nelson v. Giurbino, 395 F. Supp. 2d 946, 949 (S.D. Cal. 2005)

(Lorenz, J.) (adopted Report without review because neither party filed objections to

the Report despite the opportunity to do so, “accordingly, the Court will adopt the

Report and Recommendation in its entirety.”); see also Nichols v. Logan, 355 F. Supp.

2d 1155, 1157 (S.D. Cal. 2004) (Benitez, J.).

The Court, therefore, accepts Judge Gallo’s recommendation, and ADOPTS the

Report [Doc. 20] in its entirety. For the reasons stated in the Report, which is

incorporated herein by reference, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s summary-judgment

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motion [Doc. 14], DENIES Defendant’s summary-judgment motion [Doc. 17], and

REMANDS the case to the Social Security Administration for further proceedings

consistent with the Report. Upon remand, the district court clerk shall close the

district court case file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 1, 2014

Hon. Thomas J. Whelan

United States District Judge

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