Ricci v. Apfel

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BECHTLE, District Judge.

Presently before the court are plaintiff Ronald D. Ricci’s (“Plaintiff’) and defendant Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (“Commissioner”) cross-motions for summary judgment, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Carol Sandra Moore Wells (“Magistrate Judge”). For the reasons set forth below, the court will grant the Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment, and deny Plaintiffs motion.

I. BACKGROUND

This is a judicial review of the Commissioner’s final decision denying Plaintiffs claim…