Case Name in Social Security Case - Unavailable

1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SHERMAN DIVISION
SHERRY DAWN MEEK,
Plaintiff,
v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
§
§
§
§
§
§
§
§
§
§
Case No. 4:25-cv-803-JDK-JDL
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff Sherry Dawn Meek brings this civil suit pursuant to the Social
Security Act, Section 205(g), for judicial review of the Commissioner’s denial of her
application for Social Security benefits. Docket No. 1. This case was referred to
United States Magistrate Judge John D. Love. On February 23, 2026, Judge Love
issued a Report recommending that the final decision of the Commissioner be
reversed and remanded for reconsideration. Docket No. 17. Neither party has filed
objections to the Report, and the time-frame for doing so has passed.
This Court reviews the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge de
novo only if a party objects within fourteen days of service of the Report and
Recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In conducting a de novo review, the Court
examines the entire record and makes an independent assessment under the law.
Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc),
superseded on other grounds by statute, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (extending the time to
file objections from ten to fourteen days).
Case 4:25-cv-00803-JDK-JDL Document 18 Filed 03/16/26 Page 1 of 2 PageID #:
<pageID>

2
Here, no objections were filed. The Court therefore reviews the Magistrate
Judge’s findings for clear error or abuse of discretion and reviews legal conclusions to
determine whether they are contrary to law. See United States v. Wilson, 864 F.2d
1219, 1221 (5th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 492 U.S. 918 (1989) (holding that, if no
objections to a Magistrate Judge’s Report are filed, the standard of review is “clearly
erroneous, abuse of discretion and contrary to law”).
Having reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendations, the
Court finds no clear error or abuse of discretion and no conclusions contrary to law.
Accordingly, the Court hereby ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the
United States Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 17). The final decision of the
Commissioner is REVERSED, and this cause of action is REMANDED to the
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration for proceedings consistent with
this opinion.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this day of
___________________________________
JEREMY D. KERNODLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
16th	March, 2026.
Case 4:25-cv-00803-JDK-JDL Document 18 Filed 03/16/26 Page 2 of 2 PageID #:
<pageID>