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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 25-cv-22302-ALTMAN/Maynard
AILEEN LISABETH PIEDRA,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Defendant.
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Our Plaintiff—Aileen Lisabeth Piedra—filed a Complaint [ECF No. 1] seeking review of the
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’ denial of her claim for disability benefits. See
generally Complaint. We referred the matter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek Maynard for a Report
and Recommendation. See Order of Referral [ECF No. 13]. The parties then filed cross-motions for
Summary Judgment. See Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 14]; Defendant’s Motion
for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 16]. The Plaintiff subsequently replied to the Defendant’s Motion
for Summary Judgment (“Reply”) [ECF No. 17]. On October 18, 2025, Magistrate Judge Maynard
issued a report and recommendation, in which she recommended that the “Plaintiff’s Motion for
Summary Judgment be GRANTED; that [the] Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment be
DENIED; 	and 	that 	the 	Defendant’s 	final 	administrative 	decision 	be 	REVERSED 	AND
REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with the finding made in this report.” Report and
Recommendation (the “R&R”) [ECF No. 18] at 15. Magistrate Judge Maynard also issued the
following warning:
The parties shall have fourteen (14) days from the date of being served with a copy of
this Report and Recommendation within which to file written objections, if any, with
U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman. Failure to timely file objections shall bar the parties
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from a de novo determination by the District Judge of an issue covered in the Report
and Recommendation and shall bar the parties from attacking on appeal unobjected-
to factual and legal conclusions contained in this Report and Recommendation
Id. at 16. On November 5, 2025, the Defendant filed its Notice of Non-Objection [ECF No. 19],
telling us that it “does not plan on objecting to the Report and Recommendation issued in this case.”
Id. at 1. More than fourteen days have passed, and the Plaintiff hasn’t objected. See generally Docket.
When a magistrate judge’s “disposition” has been properly objected to, district courts must
review that disposition de novo. FED . R. C IV . P. 72(b)(3). But, when no party has timely objected, “the
court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept
the recommendation.” FED . R. C IV . P. 72 advisory committee’s notes (citation omitted). Although
Rule 72 itself is silent on the standard of review, the Supreme Court has acknowledged that Congress’s
intent was to require de novo review only where objections have been properly filed—and not, as here,
when no party objects. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985) (“It does not appear that Congress
intended to require district court review of a magistrate [judge]’s factual or legal conclusions, under a
de novo or any other standard, when neither party objects to those findings.”). In any event, the “[f]ailure
to object to the magistrate [judge]’s factual findings after notice precludes a later attack on these
findings.” Lewis v. Smith, 855 F.2d 736, 738 (11th Cir. 1988) (citing Nettles v. Wainwright, 677 F.2d 404,
410 (5th Cir. 1982)).
Having reviewed the R&R, the record, and the applicable law—and finding no clear error on
the face of the R&R—we hereby ORDER and ADJUDGE as follows:
1. 	The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 18] is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED
in full.
2. 	The Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 14] is GRANTED.
3. 	The Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 16] is DENIED.
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4. 	The administrative decision below is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED to
the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with Judge Maynard’s Report.
5. 	The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case. All other pending motions are
DENIED as moot. And all deadlines are TERMINATED.
DONE AND ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida on November 19, 2025.
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ROY K. ALTMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc: 	counsel of record
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