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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled Sept. 30, 2024

Gavin G. v. O'Malley

Judge
Eric Tostrud
Docket
0:24-cv-00947
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Social SecurityCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Gavin G. v. O’Malley, Judge Tostrud denied Gavin G.’s request to reverse, granted the Commissioner’s request to affirm, and dismissed the complaint with prejudice.

Who this affects

Gavin G.’s challenge to the Social Security Commissioner’s decision was rejected; the Commissioner’s decision was affirmed, and Gavin G.’s complaint was dismissed with prejudice.

What happened

In Gavin G. v. O’Malley, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation concerning Gavin G.’s challenge to the Social Security Commissioner’s decision. No party objected to the recommendation.

The court found no clear error, accepted the recommendation, denied Gavin G.’s request to reverse the Commissioner’s decision, and granted the Commissioner’s request to affirm it. The court also dismissed Gavin G.’s complaint with prejudice.

Judge Eric C. Tostrud entered the order on September 30, 2024, and directed that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Gavin G. v. O'Malley · No. 0:24-cv-00947
Judge
Eric Tostrud
Date
Sept. 30, 2024

Background

Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz issued a Report and Recommendation on September 4, 2024. The opinion does not describe the underlying reasons for the Commissioner’s Social Security decision or Gavin G.’s specific arguments challenging it.

Review of the Recommendation

No party objected to the Report and Recommendation. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court found no clear error.

Ruling

The court accepted the Report and Recommendation. It denied Gavin G.’s request to reverse the Commissioner’s decision and granted the Commissioner’s request to affirm that decision. The court dismissed Gavin G.’s complaint with prejudice, meaning the complaint was dismissed in a way that bars refiling the same action. Judge Eric C. Tostrud directed that judgment be entered.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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