Opinion
No. CV-11-0338-CI
02-15-2013
TAMARA L. MELANSON, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED MOTION TO REMAND PURSUANT TO
SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)
BEFORE THE COURT is the parties' stipulated Motion to Remand the above-captioned matter to the Commissioner for additional administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ECF No. 20. Attorney Maureen Rosette represents Plaintiff; Special Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin J. Groebner represents Defendant. The parties have consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. ECF No. 8. After considering the file, and proposed order,
IT IS ORDERED:
1. The parties' Motion to Remand, ECF No. 20, is GRANTED. The above-captioned case is REVERSED and REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). On remand, the ALj shall consider and address the opinions of Drs. William Shanks and Angela Haugo. Also, the ALJ shall reassess the entire medical record, provide explicit findings and rationale regarding the claimant's Paragraph B criteria and residual functional capacity, and re-evaluate the claimant's credibility and claimant's ability to work at steps four and five of the sequential evaluation process.
2. Judgment shall be entered for the PLAINTIFF.
3. Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 14, is stricken as moot.
4. An application for attorney fees may be filed by separate motion.
The District Court Executive is directed to enter this Order, forward copies to counsel, and thereafter shall close this file.
CYNTHIA IMBROGNO
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE