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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled Feb. 18, 2022

Michael T.B. v. Kijakazi

Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Docket
0:20-cv-01779
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
1
Social SecuritySummary JudgmentCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Michael T.B. v. Kijakazi, Judge Wright denied Michael T.B.’s summary-judgment motion, granted the Commissioner’s, and entered judgment.

Who this affects

Michael T.B. and Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security.

What happened

In Michael T.B. v. Kijakazi, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation after neither side filed objections. The opinion does not describe the underlying Social Security dispute or the recommendation’s reasoning.

The court found no clear error in the recommendation. It therefore adopted the recommendation.

Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright denied Michael T.B.’s motion for summary judgment, granted Kilolo Kijakazi’s motion for summary judgment, and ordered judgment entered accordingly.

The detailed version

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

Case
Michael T.B. v. Kijakazi · No. 0:20-cv-01779
Judge
Wilhelmina Wright
Date
Feb. 18, 2022

Background and procedure

The court considered the December 3, 2021 Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright. Neither party filed objections. The opinion does not provide the underlying facts, claims, or reasoning in the Report and Recommendation.

Review standard

Because no timely objections were filed, the district court reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). The court stated that it found no clear error.

Ruling

The court adopted the Report and Recommendation. It denied Michael T.B.’s motion for summary judgment, granted Kilolo Kijakazi’s motion for summary judgment, and ordered judgment entered accordingly.

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