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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:0405id Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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CLERK 

E~~J US DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHFRN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DORIS VY TRUONG, 

v. 

NANCY BERRYHILL, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

Plaintiff, 

Defendant. 

Case No.: 17-cv-02179-BEN-RBB 

ORDER: 

(1) ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION; 

(2) GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT; 

(3) DENYING DEFENDANT'S 

CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT; and 

(4) REMANDING ACTION FOR 

FURTHER ADMINISTRATIVE 

PROCEEDINGS 

Plaintiff Doris Vy Truong filed this action seeking judicial review of the Social 

24 Security Commissioner's denial of her application for disability insurance benefits. 

25 Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment and an opposition to Defendant's cross26 motion, and Defendant filed a cross-motion for summary judgment and an opposition to 

27 Plaintiffs motion. 

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On November 28, 2018, Magistrate Judge Robert N. Block issued a thoughtful and 

thorough Report and Recommendation, recommending that this Court grant Plaintiff's 

motion for summary judgment, deny Defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment, 

judgment be entered reversing the decision of the Commissioner and remanding this 

matter for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 

405(g). Magistrate Judge Block found that the Administrative Law Judge erred in his 

evaluation of Dr. Lessner's opinion, failed to to make a proper adverse credibility 

determination with respect to the lay witness testimony, and failed to incorporate the 

moderate mental limitations he found into his RFC determination. Magistrate Judge 

Block recommends remanding this action for further administrative proceedings. 

Objections to the Report and Recommendation were due December 12, 2018. Neither 

party has filed any objections. 

A district judge "may accept, reject, or modify the recommended disposition" of a 

magistrate judge on a dispositive matter. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b )(3); see also 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636(b)(l). "[T]he district judge must determine de novo any part of the [report and 

recommendation] that has been properly objected to." Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3). 

However, "[t]he statute makes it clear that the district judge must review the magistrate 

judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but not otherwise." 

United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en bane); see also 

Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 992, 1000 n.13 (9th Cir. 2005). "Neither the Constitution nor 

the statute requires a district judge to review, de novo, findings and recommendations 

that the parties themselves accept as correct." Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d at 1121. 

The Court has considered and agrees with the Report and Recommendation. The 

Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. (Docket No. 27). Plaintiff's motion 

for summary judgment GRANTED. (Docket No. 9). Defendant's cross-motion for 

summary judgment is DENIED. (Docket No. 20). Judgment is entered reversing the 

decision of the Commissioner. This case is REMANDED for further proceedings 

consistent with the Report and Recommendation. 

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