Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:16-2781
03-21-2017
REBECCA JEAN HAYNES, Plaintiff, v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
This action was referred to the Honorable Dwane L. Tinsley, United States Magistrate Judge, for submission to this Court of proposed findings of fact and recommendations for disposition, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). The Magistrate Judge has submitted findings of fact and recommended that the Court grant Plaintiff's Brief in Support of Claim (ECF No. 7) to the extent Plaintiff seeks remand pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), deny Defendant's Brief in Support of Defendant's Decision (ECF No. 8), reverse the final decision of the Commissioner, and remand this case for further proceedings pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and dismiss this matter from this Court's docket. Neither party has filed objections to the Magistrate Judge's findings and recommendations.
Accordingly, the Court accepts and incorporates herein the findings and recommendations of the Magistrate Judge and GRANTS Plaintiff's Brief in Support of Claim (ECF No. 7) to the extent Plaintiff seeks remand pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), DENIES Defendant's Brief in Support of Defendant's Decision (ECF No. 8), REVERSES the final decision of the Commissioner, and REMANDS this case for further proceedings pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and DISMISSES this matter from this Court's docket, consistent with the findings and recommendations.
The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to send a copy of this Order to counsel of record and any unrepresented parties.
ENTER: March 21, 2017
/s/_________
ROBERT C. CHAMBERS, CHIEF JUDGE