Opinion
3:23-cv-00055-RRB
10-13-2023
MAURICE LYNELLE GREEN, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF REMAND
RALPH R. BEISTLINE SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Commissioner's final decision is REVERSED and REMANDED for further administrative proceedings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The ALJ will further develop the record, as appropriate, conduct a de novo hearing, and issue a new decision. The ALJ will consider whether to reopen the prior determination and, as necessary, reevaluate the steps of the sequential evaluation process. Remand is made under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). See Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991). Judgment shall be entered for Plaintiff.
Plaintiff is awarded $5,146.94 in attorney fees.*
IT IS SO ORDERED
*Judgment with attorney fees added and redistributed on 10/13/2023.