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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
CIVIL NO.: 25-1195 (DSD/ECW)
Colleen J.,
Plaintiff,
v. 	ORDER
Frank Bisignano, Commissioner
of Social Security,
Defendant.
This 	matter 	is 	before 	the 	court 	upon 	the 	objection 	of
Commissioner of Social Security Frank Bisignano to the January 20
2026, report and recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge
Elizabeth 	Cowan 	Wright 	(R&R).1 	In 	the 	R&R, 	the 	magistrate 	judge
recommends 	that 	the 	court 	remand 	the 	case 	to 	the 	Commissioner
pursuant 	to 	sentence 	four 	of 	42 	U.S.C. 	§ 	405(g) 	and 	deny 	the
Commissioner’s request to have the case dismissed.
The Commissioner timely objected, arguing that the magistrate
judge 	erred 	in 	stating 	that 	plaintiff’s 	2019 	thoracic 	spine 	MRI
was not part of the medical evidence during critical stages of the
administrative 	review 	He 	seems 	to 	contend 	that 	any 	such 	error
undermines the entirety of the R&R.
The 	court 	reviews 	de 	novo 	any 	portion 	of 	the 	R&R 	to 	which
1 	Plaintiff, 	who 	is 	seeking 	supplemental 	security 	income,
is 	referred 	to 	as 	Colleen 	J., 	as 	it 	is 	the 	court’s 	policy 	is 	to
use 	only 	the 	first 	name 	and 	last 	initial 	of 	non-governmental
parties in social security cases.
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specific objections are made. 	See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(c). 	The
court is unpersuaded that any such error, regardless of whether it
occurred, 	renders 	the 	R&R 	factually 	or 	legally 	unsound. 	The 	R&R
is well reasoned and correct.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. 	The R&R [ECF No. 20] is adopted in its entirety;
2. 	Plaintiff’s motion [ECF No. 10] is granted;
3. 	The Commissioner’s motion [ECF No. 16] is denied; and
4. 	This matter is remanded to the Commissioner pursuant to
sentence 	four 	of 	42 	U.S.C. 	§ 	405(g) 	for 	further 	proceedings
consistent with the R&R.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
Dated: January 27, 2026
s/David S. Doty
David S. Doty, Judge
United States District Court
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