Ker N. v. Kijakazi
- Katherine Menendez
- 0:21-cv-02222
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
In Ker N. v. Kijakazi, Judge Menendez denied Ker N.’s summary-judgment motion, granted the Commissioner’s, and affirmed the decision.
Ker N. and the Commissioner of Social Security; the court’s order affirmed the Commissioner’s decision in this case.
What happened
In Ker N. v. Kijakazi, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation that Ker N.’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s motion be granted.
No objections were filed. The court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none.
Judge Menendez accepted the recommendation, denied Ker N.’s motion for summary judgment, granted the Commissioner’s motion, and affirmed the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision.
The detailed version
- Ker N. v. Kijakazi · No. 0:21-cv-02222
- Katherine Menendez
- Feb. 27, 2023
Background
The matter came before the court on United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois’s Report and Recommendation, dated January 4, 2023. The recommendation was that Ker N.’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment be granted.
Court’s Review
No objections were filed to the Report and Recommendation. Because there were no objections, the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error rather than conducting a de novo review of specific disputed portions. After reviewing the recommendation and the record, the court found no clear error.
Ruling
Judge Katherine M. Menendez accepted the Report and Recommendation. The court denied Ker N.’s motion for summary judgment, granted the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment, and affirmed the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision. The opinion does not describe the underlying Social Security issue or explain the reasoning in the administrative decision.
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