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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

CHRISTOPHER COFFMAN,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 08-CV-1924 W (CAB)

1) ADOPTS REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION

WITHOUT AN OBJECTION 

(Doc. No. 22.) 

2) GRANTS-IN-PART AND

DENIES-IN-PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT(Doc. No. 16.)

3) DENIES DEFENDANT’S

CROSS-MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

(Doc. No. 18.)

vs.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commisioner

of Social Security,

Defendant.

Plaintiff Christopher Coffman (“Plaintiff”) brought this action pursuant to the

Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), to obtain judicial review of a final decision of

the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. (“Defendant”) Magistrate

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Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo has issued a Report and Recommendation (“Report”)

recommending that this Court grant-in-part and deny-in-part Plaintiff’s pending motion

for summary judgment and deny Defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The

Report also ordered that any objections were to be filed by June 30, 2010. (Report at 11.)

To date, no objection to that 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

review the 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 Bencivengo’s recommendation and

ADOPTS the Report in its entirety. (Doc. No. 22.) For the reasons stated in the

Report, which is incorporated herein by reference, the Court GRANTS-IN-PART and

DENIES-IN-PART Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 16) and

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DENIES Defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment. (Doc. No. 18.) Plaintiff’s

case is hereby REMANDED to the Social Security Administration for further

proceedings and a decision in accordance with the applicable law.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 2, 2010

Hon. Thomas J. Whelan

United States District Judge

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