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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled Dec. 18, 2024

Mark W. W. v. Colvin

Judge
Eric Tostrud
Docket
0:23-cv-03263
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Social SecurityCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Mark W. W. v. Colvin, Judge Tostrud accepted the recommendation, denied Mark W. W.’s request, and granted the Commissioner’s request for judgment.

Who this affects

Mark W. W. and Carolyn W. Colvin; the court’s ruling favored Colvin’s request for judgment on the administrative record.

What happened

Mark W. W. v. Colvin concerns competing requests for judgment based on the administrative record. The opinion does not describe the underlying Social Security dispute.

No party objected to the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation. The court reviewed it for clear error and found none.

Judge Eric C. Tostrud accepted the report and recommendation, denied Mark W. W.’s brief seeking judgment on the administrative record, granted Carolyn W. Colvin’s brief seeking that judgment, and ordered judgment entered accordingly.

The detailed version

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

Case
Mark W. W. v. Colvin · No. 0:23-cv-03263
Judge
Eric Tostrud
Date
Dec. 18, 2024

Background

Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko issued a report and recommendation on December 2, 2024. Mark W. W. filed a brief seeking judgment on the administrative record, and Carolyn W. Colvin filed a brief seeking the same relief. The opinion does not state the underlying facts or explain the legal reasoning in the report and recommendation.

Review

No party objected to the report and recommendation. Because there were no objections, the court reviewed it for clear error, meaning it looked for an obvious mistake in the magistrate judge’s analysis. The court found no clear error.

Ruling

Judge Eric C. Tostrud accepted the report and recommendation. The court denied Mark W. W.’s brief seeking judgment on the administrative record, granted Carolyn W. Colvin’s brief seeking judgment on the administrative record, and ordered judgment entered accordingly.

The authoritative version

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