Opinion
1:21-cv-0019 JLT
11-17-2021
ARMANDO ARAGON, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI[1] Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER REMANDING THE MATTER PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(G)
ORDER DIRECTING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF ARMANDO ARAGON AND AGAINST DEFENDANT KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
JENNIFER L. THURSTON, CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On November 17, 2021, Armando Aragon and Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, stipulated to a voluntary remand for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 16 at 1-2.) Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation, the Appeals Council shall remand the matter to an administrative law judge “to take further action, as warranted, to complete the administrative record” and issue a new decision. (Id.) The parties also stipulated that judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against the Commissioner. (Id. at 2.)
Based upon the terms of the stipulation, the Court ORDERS:
1. The matter is REMANDED for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and 1
2. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff Armando Aragon and against Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, the Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
IT IS SO ORDERED. 2