Jones v. Saul
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:19-cv-05542
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jones v. Saul, Judge Schofield granted Jones’s motion, denied the Commissioner’s motion, and remanded the Social Security case for further proceedings.
Willie L. Jones and the Commissioner of Social Security; the case was returned to the Commissioner for further proceedings.
What happened
In Jones v. Saul, Willie L. Jones asked the court to review the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision denying his applications for Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits.
Both sides asked for judgment based on the written record. Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses recommended granting Jones’s motion and denying the Commissioner’s motion. No timely objections were filed.
Judge Lorna G. Schofield found no clear error, adopted the recommendation in full, granted Jones’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, denied the Commissioner’s motion, and remanded the case to the Commissioner for further proceedings.
The detailed version
- Jones v. Saul · No. 1:19-cv-05542
- Lorna Schofield
- Sept. 28, 2020
Background
Willie L. Jones brought this Social Security Act case seeking review of the Commissioner of Social Security’s final decision denying his applications for Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits. The parties filed cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c), which asks the court to decide a case based on the pleadings and the relevant written submissions.
Report and Recommendation
On September 11, 2020, Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that Jones’s motion be granted and the Commissioner’s motion be denied. The deadline for objections was fourteen days after service of the Report, and no timely objections were filed.
When no timely objection is made, the district court reviews the record for clear error before adopting a magistrate judge’s recommendation. Judge Lorna G. Schofield found no clear error on the face of the record and adopted the Report and Recommendation in its entirety.
Disposition
The court granted Jones’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, denied the Commissioner’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and remanded the case to the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with the Report. The order does not state the specific proceedings required on remand. The Clerk of Court was asked to close the two motions.
Classification
This is a substantive ruling because the court remanded a Social Security case after adopting a recommendation that granted judgment to Jones and denied judgment to the Commissioner.
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