Opinion
1:20-cv-1470 JLT
12-15-2021
MANOUG TORAMANIAN, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI[1] Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER REMANDING THE MATTER PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)
ORDER DIRECTING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF MANOUG TORAMANIAN AND AGAINST DEFENDANT KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
JENNIFER L. THURSTON CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On December 15, 2021, Manoug Toramanian and Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, stipulated to a voluntary remand for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 24 at 1-2.) Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation, the Appeals Council shall remand the case to an Administrative Law Judge to “conduct any necessary further proceedings and issue a new decision.” (Id. at 2.) In addition, the parties stipulated judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against the Commissioner. (Id.) 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. Plaintiff's appeal of the administrative decision (Doc. 17) is terminated as MOOT; and
3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff Manoug Toramanian and against Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, the Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
IT IS SO ORDERED.