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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled July 1, 2019

James K. v. Saul

Judge
Eric Tostrud
Docket
0:18-cv-00822
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Social SecuritySummary Judgment
In one sentence

In James K. v. Saul, Judge Tostrud denied James K.’s summary-judgment motion, granted Saul’s, and dismissed the action with prejudice.

Who this affects

James K. and Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security.

What happened

In James K. v. Saul, the court considered a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation. Neither party objected, so the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error.

The court found no clear error and accepted the recommendation. It denied James K.’s motion for summary judgment and granted Andrew Saul’s motion for summary judgment.

Judge Eric C. Tostrud ordered the action dismissed with prejudice, meaning the case was ended in a way that bars refiling the same action, and directed that judgment be entered.

The detailed version

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

Case
James K. v. Saul · No. 0:18-cv-00822
Judge
Eric Tostrud
Date
July 1, 2019

Background

The court received a June 13, 2019 report and recommendation from United States Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz. The opinion does not describe the underlying Social Security dispute or the recommendation’s reasoning. Neither party objected to the report and recommendation.

Court’s Review

Because no party objected, the court reviewed the report and recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake. The court found no clear error based on the case files, records, and proceedings.

Ruling

The court accepted the report and recommendation. It denied James K.’s motion for summary judgment, granted Andrew Saul’s motion for summary judgment, and dismissed the action with prejudice. The court also ordered that judgment be entered. The opinion identifies Andrew Saul as the substituted defendant because he was the current Commissioner of Social Security and a public officer’s successor is automatically substituted as a party.

Result

The order ended James K.’s action and ruled in favor of Andrew Saul on the motions addressed in the order.

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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