Johnson v. Astrue

Full title: DARLENE JOHNSON v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security

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

Date published: Feb 20, 2009

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-3302 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 20, 2009)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-3302.

February 20, 2009

ORDER

THOMAS GOLDEN, District Judge

AND NOW, this 20^th day of February, 2009, upon consideration of the Plaintiff's Request for Review and the Defendant's response thereto, and after careful review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Jacob P. Hart, IT IS ORDERED that

1. The Report and Recommended is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

2. The Plaintiff's Request for Review is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; and

3. The matter is REMANDED for further review by an agency medical consultant who will (a) give appropriate weight to the report of the examining expert; and (b) consider the evidence from Johnson's treating mental health practitioners.