12-827
Travers v. Commissioner of Social Security
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION
TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED
AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS
COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT
FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX
OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A
PARTY CITING TO A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY
NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
2 for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United
3 States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York,
4 on the 26th day of March, two thousand thirteen.
5
6 PRESENT:
7 DENNIS JACOBS,
8 Chief Judge,
9 JOSÉ A. CABRANES,
10 CHESTER J. STRAUB,
11 Circuit Judges.
12 _____________________________________
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14 Lori S. Travers,
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16 Plaintiff-Appellant,
17
18 v. 12-827
19
20 Commissioner of Social Security,
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22 Defendant-Appellee.
23 _____________________________________
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25 FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT: Lori S. Travers, pro se,
26 New York, New York.
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1 FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE: Susan C. Branagan, Sarah S.
2 Normand, Assistant United
3 States Attorneys, for Preet
4 Bharara, United States
5 Attorney for the Southern
6 District of New York, New
7 York, New York.
8
9 Appeal from the order of the United States District
10 Court for the Southern District of New York (Gardephe, J.).
11
12 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED,
13 AND DECREED that the order of the district court is
14 AFFIRMED.
15
16 Lori S. Travers appeals the district court’s order
17 denying her preliminary injunctive relief in her action
18 seeking review of the denial of disability benefits. We
19 assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts,
20 the procedural history of the case, and the issues on
21 appeal.
22
23 As an initial matter, we lack jurisdiction to review
24 the magistrate judge’s November 2011 report and
25 recommendation (recommending that the district court grant
26 the Commissioner judgment on the pleadings) because the
27 district court has yet to pass on that report and
28 recommendation and enter a final order. LoSacco v. City of
29 Middletown, 71 F.3d 88, 91-92 (2d Cir. 1995).
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31 We review the denial of a motion for a preliminary
32 injunction for abuse of discretion. Malletier v. Burlington
33 Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 426 F.3d 532, 537 (2d Cir.
34 2005). The district court did not abuse its discretion in
35 denying injunctive relief based upon its conclusion that
36 Travers had not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the
37 merits.
38
39 Finding no merit in Travers’s remaining arguments, we
40 AFFIRM the order of the district court.
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42 FOR THE COURT:
43 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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