Opinion
1:23-cv-0657 JLT EPG
09-08-2023
PATRICIA JO PLUMB, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER REMANDING THE MATTER PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(G) (DOC. 17) ORDER DIRECTING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF YAI XIONG AND AGAINST DEFENDANT KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Patricia Plumb and Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, stipulated to a voluntary remand of Plaintiff's application for benefits for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) on September 7, 2023. (Doc. 17.) Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation: “the Appeals Council will remand the case to an Administrative Law Judge... for further administrative proceedings, including offering the claimant the opportunity for a new hearing. The ALJ shall re-evaluate the evidence of record and issue a new decision.” (Id. at 1-2.) The parties also stipulated judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against the Commissioner. (Id. at 2.) Based upon the terms of the stipulation, the Court ORDERS:
1. The matter is REMANDED for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
2. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff Patricia Jo
Plumb and against Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, the Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
IT IS SO ORDERED.