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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANK ANTONE ALFAMA III,

Plaintiff,

v.

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

Case No.: 17cv1002-MMA (RNB)

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED 

STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE;

[Doc. No. 27]

DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; AND

[Doc. No. 14]

GRANTING DEFENDANT’S CROSSMOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT

[Doc. No. 21]

On May 16, 2017, Plaintiff Frank Antone Alfama III filed this social security 

appeal challenging the denial of his application for disability insurance benefits. Doc. 

No. 1. The Court referred all matters arising in this appeal to the Honorable William V. 

Gallo, United States Magistrate Judge, for report and recommendation pursuant to section 

636 (b)(1)(B) of title 28 of the United States Code and Civil Local Rule 72.1. See 28 

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U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B); S.D. Cal. Civ. R. 72.1; Doc. No. 3. On May 2, 2018, the case was 

reassigned to the Honorable Robert N. Block, United States Magistrate Judge, for report 

and recommendation. Doc. No. 25.

The parties have filed motions for summary judgment. Doc. Nos. 14, 21. On June 

4, 2018, Judge Block issued a thorough and well-reasoned Report recommending that the 

Court deny Plaintiff’s motion and grant Defendant’s cross-motion. Doc. No. 27. Neither 

party objected to the Report and Recommendation, and the time for filing objections has 

expired. See Doc. No. 27 at 10 (“Any party having objections to the Court’s proposed 

findings and recommendations shall serve and file specific written objections within 14 

days after being served with a copy of this Report and Recommendation.”); see also 

Docket.

The duties of the district court in connection with a magistrate judge’s report and 

recommendation are set forth in Rule 72(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Where the parties object to a report and recommendation 

(“R&R”), “[a] judge of the [district] court shall make a de novo determination of those 

portions of the [R&R] to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see Thomas 

v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149-50 (1985). When neither party objects to an R&R, or to 

portions thereof, the district court is not required to conduct a de novo review, or “any 

review at all.” Thomas, 474 U.S. at 149; see also Wang v. Masaitis, 416 F.3d 992, 1000 

n.13 (9th Cir. 2005); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121-22 (9th Cir. 

2003) (en banc). A district judge may nevertheless “accept, reject, or modify, in whole or 

in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 

636(b)(1); Wilkins v. Ramirez, 455 F. Supp. 2d 1080, 1088 (S.D. Cal. 2006); Or. Natural 

Desert Ass’n v. Rasmussen, 451 F. Supp. 2d 1202, 1205 (D. Or. 2006).

The Court has considered the pleadings and memoranda of the parties as well as 

the administrative record, and has made a review and determination in accordance with 

the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 636 and applicable case law.

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Accordingly:

1. The Court ADOPTS Judge Block’s Report and Recommendation [Doc. No. 

27] in its entirety;

2. The Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 

14]; and

3. The Court GRANTS Defendant’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment 

[Doc. No. 21].

The Clerk of Court is instructed to enter judgment accordingly and close the 

appeal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 25, 2018

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