Opinion
1:20-cv-1534 JLT
12-02-2021
PATRICIA KATHLEEN HAERENS, 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 PATRICIA HAERENS AND AGAINST DEFENDANT KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
JENNIFER L. THURSTON, CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
On November 29, 2021, Patricia Haerens 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. 18 at 1-2.) Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation, the Appeals Council shall “remand the case to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for a new hearing and a new decision.” (Id. at 1.) The parties also stipulated that judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against the Commissioner. (Id.)
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);
2. Plaintiff's appeal of the administrative decision (Doc. 16) is terminated as MOOT; and
3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff Patricia Kathleen Haerens and against Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, the Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
IT IS SO ORDERED.