Opinion
20-cv-1131
08-16-2021
REBECCA KRUSEMEIER, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner Of Social Security, Defendant.[1]
ORDER ON THE PARTIES' JOINT MOTION FOR REMAND FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(G)
HONORABLE JAMES D. PETERSON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pursuant to tire power of this Court to enter a judgment affirming, modifying or reversing the Acting Commissioner's decision with remand in Social Security actions under sentence four of section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and in light of the parties' joint motion to remand this action, this Court now, upon substantive review, hereby enters a judgment under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) reversing tire Acting Commissioner's decision with a remand of tire cause to the Acting Commissioner according to the following terms. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 296 (1993); Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 97-98 (1991).
On remand, the Appeals Council will remand the matter to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with instructions to proceed through the sequential disability evaluation process as appropriate and issue a new decision. If warranted, the ALJ will obtain supplemental vocational expert testimony.
SO ORDERED.