Opinion
CIVIL 22-2025 (JRT/LIB)
06-28-2023
ANDREW M.W.,[1] Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
Edward C. Olson, Reitan Law Office, 80 South 8th Street, Suite 900, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 for Plaintiff. Karl E. Osterhout, Osterhout Disability Law, LLC, 521 Cedar Way, Suite 200, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 15139 for Plaintiff. Ana H. Voss, United States Attorney's Office, 300 South 4th Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 for Defendant. Angela Thornton-Millard, SSA-Ogc, Poc Gernert, James, 6401 Security Boulevard, 1520 Annex, Baltimore, Maryland 21235 for Defendant. James D. Sides, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Office of Program Litigation, Office 4, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore Maryland 21235 for Defendant.
Edward C. Olson, Reitan Law Office, 80 South 8th Street, Suite 900, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 for Plaintiff.
Karl E. Osterhout, Osterhout Disability Law, LLC, 521 Cedar Way, Suite 200, Oakmont, Pennsylvania 15139 for Plaintiff.
Ana H. Voss, United States Attorney's Office, 300 South 4th Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 for Defendant.
Angela Thornton-Millard, SSA-Ogc, Poc Gernert, James, 6401 Security Boulevard, 1520 Annex, Baltimore, Maryland 21235 for Defendant.
James D. Sides, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Office of Program Litigation, Office 4, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore Maryland 21235 for Defendant.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
John R. Tunheim United States District Judge
Based upon the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois, and after an independent review of the files, records and proceedings in the above-entitled matter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff's request for relief, [Docket No. 18], is GRANTED;
2. Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, [Docket No. 20], is DENIED; and
3. The above matter is REMANDED to the Social Security Administration pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for further administrative proceedings.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.