Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-00437-WS-B
04-24-2015
VICKY GUNTER, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
JUDGMENT
In accordance with the Order entered on this date, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the Defendant's unopposed Motion to Remand (Doc. 16) is GRANTED, and that the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying plaintiff benefits is reversed and remanded pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C., § 405(g), see Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991), for further administrative proceedings. The remand pursuant to sentence four of § 405(g) makes the plaintiff a prevailing party for purposes of the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292 (1993), and terminates this Court's jurisdiction over this matter.
DONE and ORDERED this 24th day of April, 2015.
s/ WILLIAM H. STEELE
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE