Blake T.S. v. Saul
- Eric Tostrud
- 0:18-cv-01029
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Blake T.S. v. Berryhill, Judge Tostrud granted the plaintiff’s summary-judgment motion in part, denied the defendant’s motion, and ordered further proceedings.
Blake T.S. and the defendant, Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security; the case returns for further proceedings.
What happened
In Blake T.S. v. Nancy A. Berryhill, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation in a Social Security case. No party objected to the recommendation.
The court found no clear error and accepted the recommendation. It granted Blake T.S.’s motion for summary judgment in part, denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and remanded the matter for further proceedings.
Judge Eric C. Tostrud entered the July 8, 2019 order and directed that judgment be entered.
The detailed version
- Blake T.S. v. Saul · No. 0:18-cv-01029
- Eric Tostrud
- July 8, 2019
Background
The court received United States Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson’s June 19, 2019 Report and Recommendation. No party objected. The district court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake.
Ruling
The court found no clear error and accepted the Report and Recommendation. It granted Plaintiff Blake T.S.’s motion for summary judgment in part. Summary judgment is a decision made without a trial when the applicable legal standard permits judgment based on the record. The court denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.
The court remanded the matter under Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings consistent with the Report and Recommendation. The order also directed that judgment be entered. The opinion does not describe the underlying Social Security issue or specify which part of Blake T.S.’s motion was granted.
Disposition
The Report and Recommendation was accepted; Blake T.S.’s motion for summary judgment was granted in part; the defendant’s motion for summary judgment was denied; and the matter was remanded for further proceedings. The order was signed by Judge Eric C. Tostrud.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.