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D. Minn.Substantive rulingFiled Sept. 19, 2022

Tiffany O. v. Kijakazi

Judge
Katherine Menendez
Docket
0:21-cv-01033
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Social SecuritySummary Judgment
In one sentence

In Tiffany O. v. Kijakazi, Judge Menendez granted the defendant’s summary-judgment motion, denied Tiffany O.’s motion, and dismissed the case with prejudice.

Who this affects

Tiffany O.’s case against Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, was dismissed with prejudice after the court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment and denied Tiffany O.’s motion.

What happened

In Tiffany O. v. Kijakazi, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation because neither party filed objections.

The court found no error in the recommendation, accepted it, granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and denied Tiffany O.’s motion for summary judgment.

Judge Menendez ordered that the case be dismissed with prejudice, meaning the case was closed on those terms.

The detailed version

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

Case
Tiffany O. v. Kijakazi · No. 0:21-cv-01033
Judge
Katherine Menendez
Date
Sept. 19, 2022

Background

The court considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois, dated July 27, 2022. The opinion states that neither party filed objections within the permitted time.

Court’s Review

Because there were no objections, the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error. The court stated that, after reviewing the recommendation and the record, it found no error, clear or otherwise.

Ruling

The court accepted the Report and Recommendation. It granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, denied Tiffany O.’s motion for summary judgment, and dismissed the case with prejudice. The court directed that judgment be entered accordingly.

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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