Opinion
Civil Action 23-1771
08-26-2024
JONATHAN H. B., Plaintiff v. MARTIN O'MALLEY, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant
ORDER
CAROL SANDRA MOORE WELLS, United States Magistrate Judge
AND NOW, this 26th day of August 2024, for the reasons contained in the court's Memorandum of today, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff's request for review (Document No. 12) is GRANTED, as follows:
1. The case is REMANDED to the Commissioner, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
2. Upon remand, the ALJ shall properly apply the governing regulations to determine whether the opinions of Alexandra McNulty, LCSW-C - that Plaintiff suffers from marked and extreme limitation in several areas of mental functioning limitations - are consistent with other evidence in the record and, hence, persuasive.