Angela S. v. Kijakazi
- Wilhelmina Wright
- 0:20-cv-02566
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Angela S. v. Kijakazi, Judge Wright partly granted Angela S.’s motion, denied the Commissioner’s motion, and sent the case back for further proceedings.
Angela S. and the Commissioner of Social Security; the case was returned to the Commissioner for further proceedings.
What happened
Angela S. v. Kijakazi involved a report and recommendation issued by Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson. No objections to that recommendation were filed, and the opinion does not describe the underlying Social Security dispute.
The court reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none. The opinion provided here does not explain which parts of Angela S.’s motion were granted or denied.
Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright adopted the recommendation, granted in part and denied in part Angela S.’s motion for summary judgment, denied the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment, and remanded the matter to the Social Security Administration for further proceedings.
The detailed version
- Angela S. v. Kijakazi · No. 0:20-cv-02566
- Wilhelmina Wright
- July 26, 2022
Background
The court considered a July 7, 2022 report and recommendation by United States Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson. Neither party filed objections. The opinion provided here does not describe the underlying facts or the specific Social Security issue.
Court’s Review
Because no timely objections were filed, Judge Wright reviewed the report and recommendation for clear error under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). The court found no clear error.
Ruling
The court adopted the report and recommendation. It granted in part and denied in part Angela S.’s motion for summary judgment. It denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The court remanded the matter to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence four. The excerpt does not state which portions of Angela S.’s motion were granted or denied.
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