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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

James Ellis Bragg, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner 

of Social Security Administration, 

Defendant.

No. CV-12-00813-TUC-CKJ

ORDER 

 On February 7, 2014, Magistrate Judge D. Thomas Ferraro issued a Report and 

Recommendation, (Doc. 38), in which he recommended that this Court vacate the 

Commissioner’s decision denying Plaintiff’s claim for benefits and remand the case to 

the Administrative Law Judge for further proceedings. (“ALJ”). 

 Specifically, Magistrate Judge Ferraro recommended that the case be remanded to 

the ALJ because the ALJ failed to provide legally sufficient reasons for determining that 

Plaintiff had the mental impairment of “situational affective disorder” as opposed to 

“major depressive disorder, severe, without psychosis.” The ALJ further failed to 

provide sufficient reasons in evaluating the opinions of Plaintiff’s treating doctors 

regarding Plaintiff’s mental impairment. Magistrate Judge Ferraro further recommends 

that the ALJ consider that Plaintiff amended his onset date from February 25, 2005 to 

March 13, 2009, which the ALJ failed to discuss in his decision. 

 No objections have been filed within the time provided by Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 72(b)(2). 

 Accordingly, after an independent review, IT IS ORDERED: 

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 1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 38) is ADOPTED. 

 2. This matter is remanded to the Administrative Law Judge for further 

consideration consistent with the terms of this Order and the Report and 

Recommendation, (Doc. 38). 

 3. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment in this matter and close its file. 

 Dated this 25th day of March, 2014. 

 

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