Pritchett v. Colvin

Filing 32

JUDGMENT entered in accordance with the memorandum opinion and order entered on this date. Signed by Magistrate Judge P. Bradley Murray on 9/28/2017. (eec)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
NORTHERN DIVISION
BETTYE PRITCHETT,

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JUDGMENT

Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner of Social
Security,
Defendant.

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 (1991), for further proceedings not
inconsistent with this decision. The remand pursuant to sentence four of § 405(g)
makes 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 (1993), and terminates this
Court’s jurisdiction over this matter.
DONE this the 28th day of September, 2017.
s/P. BRADLEY MURRAY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE