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Fifer v. Astrue

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Nov 10, 2008
CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-0372 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 10, 2008)

Summary

remanding case where court found no significance to date selected by ALJ for medical improvement

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-0372.

November 10, 2008


ORDER


AND NOW, this 10th Day of November, 2008, upon consideration of Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 10) and the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge (Doc. No. 14), to which no objections have been made, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED.
2. Plaintiff's request for review is GRANTED to the extent that the matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration for further proceedings consistent with the Magistrate Judge's Report.
3. The decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED for the purposes of this remand only.
4. The Clerk of Court shall mark this action closed for statistical purposes.


Summaries of

Fifer v. Astrue

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Nov 10, 2008
CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-0372 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 10, 2008)

remanding case where court found no significance to date selected by ALJ for medical improvement

Summary of this case from Schomburg v. Astrue
Case details for

Fifer v. Astrue

Case Details

Full title:EARLINE M. FIFER, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Defendant

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 10, 2008

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-0372 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 10, 2008)

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