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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELTON D. ANDERSON,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 11-CV-3021-LAB-KSC

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT

vs. AND RECOMMENDATION

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 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 Crawford for a Report and

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

summary judgment. Judge Crawford issued her R&R on February 27, 2013,

concluding that the Commissioner’s motion should be granted and Mr. Anderson’s

motion should be denied. Mr. Anderson was given fourteen days to file an objection,

or until Wednesday March 13. 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

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reviewed Judge Crawford’s R&R and finds it be thorough and well-reasoned. The

Court therefore ADOPTS the R&R in its entirety, and the Commissioner’s summary

judgment motion is GRANTED while Mr. Anderson’s is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 15, 2013

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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