Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0821
01-07-2016
LEROY J. PETE, JR. v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
MAGISTRATE JUDGE WHITEHURST
JUDGMENT
This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst for Report and Recommendation. After an independent review of the record, and noting the absence of any objections, this Court concludes that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision is REMANDED to the Commissioner for further administrative action pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). This includes, but does not limit, sending the case to the hearing level with instructions to the Administrative Law Judge to consider claimant's non-exertional impairment of pain and to consider the side effects of his medications in his residual functional capacity assessment. Claimant shall be afforded the opportunity to submit additional evidence and to testify at a supplemental hearing.
A fourth sentence remand constitutes a "final judgment" that triggers the filing period for an EAJA fee application. Shalala v. Schaeffer, 509 U.S. 292, 113 S.Ct. 2625, 2631 (1993); Freeman v. Shalala, 2 F.3d 552 (1993). --------
Lafayette, Louisiana, this 7 day of January, 2016.
/s/_________
REBECCA F. DOHERTY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE