Wheat v. Colvin

Filing 26

JUDGMENT entered in accordance with the memorandum opinion and order entered on this date. Signed by Magistrate Judge P. Bradley Murray on 1/23/2018. (eec)

IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT  
FOR  THE  SOUTHERN  DISTRICT  OF  ALABAMA  
SOUTHERN  DIVISION  

KENNETH  WHEAT,  

:  

Plaintiff,  

:  

vs.  
:  
CA  17-­0006-­MU  

NANCY  A.  BERRYHILL,  
:  
Acting  Commissioner  of  Social  Security,    

:  
Defendant.  

JUDGMENT  

In  accordance  with  the  memorandum  opinion  and  order  entered  on  this  date,  it  is  
hereby  ORDERED,  ADJUDGED,  and  DECREED  that  the  decision  of  the  Commissioner  
of   Social   Security   denying   plaintiff   benefits   be   reversed   and   remanded   pursuant   to  
sentence  four  of  42  U.S.C.  §  405(g),  see  Melkonyan  v.  Sullivan,  501  U.S.  89,  111  S.Ct.  
2157,  115  L.Ed.2d  78  (1991),  for  further  proceedings  not  inconsistent  with  this  decision.  
The  remand  pursuant  to  sentence  four  of  §  405(g)  makes  the  plaintiff  a  prevailing  party  
for  purposes  of  the  Equal  Access  to  Justice  Act,  28  U.S.C.  §  2412,  Shalala  v.  Schaefer,  
509   U.S.   292,   113   S.Ct.   2625,   125   L.Ed.2d   239   (1993),   and   terminates   this   Court’s  
jurisdiction  over  this  matter.  
DONE  this  the  23rd  day  of  January,  2018.  
   s/P.  BRADLEY  MURRAY    

UNITED  STATES  MAGISTRATE  JUDGE