Lippert v. Astrue

Filing 28

ORDER granting 27 Motion to Remand and Entry of Judgment. The Commissioner's decision denying Plaintiff's claim for disability insurance benefits is hereby REVERSED and this Social Security case is REMANDED, pursuant to sentence four of 42:405(g), for further administrative proceedings. ORDER kindly directing the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in accordance with Rule 58(a) and (d), Fed.R.Civ.P. Signed by Magistrate Judge Lawrence O Anderson on 5/29/13.(TLJ)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Renee L. Lippert,

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Plaintiff,
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Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner)
of Social Security,
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Defendant.
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No. CV-12-8215-PCT-LOA
ORDER

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On May 29, 2013, the Commissioner filed an Unopposed Motion for Entry of

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Judgment with Order to Remand, requesting the Court to remand this Social Security case

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for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc.

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27) The Commissioner indicates that upon remand, “[t]he Appeals Council will remand the

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case back to an Administrative Law Judge with instructions to re-evaluate Plaintiff’s residual

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functional capacity, including, but not limited to, further evaluating the opinions of Dr.

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Young (Tr. 436-42) and Dr. Griffith (Tr. 471-78) pursuant to the provisions of 20 C.F.R.§

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404.1527 and Social Security Rulings 96-2p and 96-5p, and explain[ing] the weight given

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to such opinion evidence in accordance with agency policy.” (Id. at 1-2) The motion

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represents Plaintiff does not oppose this motion. (Id. at 2) The Commissioner also requests

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the Court “[d]irect the clerk to enter a judgment in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 58,

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consistent with the decision in Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 296-302 (1993).” (Id.)

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There being no objection and good cause appearing,

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IT IS ORDERED that the Commissioner’s Unopposed Motion for Entry of Judgment

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with Order to Remand, doc. 27, is GRANTED. The Commissioner’s decision denying

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Plaintiff’s claim for disability insurance benefits is hereby REVERSED and this Social

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Security case is REMANDED, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for further

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administrative proceedings as set forth herein.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED kindly directing the Clerk of Court to enter judgment

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in accordance with Rule 58(a) and (d), Fed.R.Civ.P., consistent with the decision in Shalala

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v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 296-302 (1993). See Akopyan v. Barnhart, 296 F.3d 852, 854 (9th

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Cir. 2002) (“A sentence four remand becomes a final judgment, for purposes of attorneys’

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fees claims brought pursuant to the EAJA, . . . upon expiration of the time for appeal. . . A

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plaintiff who obtains a sentence four remand is considered a prevailing party for purposes

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of attorneys’ fees. . .This is so even when the case has been remanded for further

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administrative action.”) (citations omitted).

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Dated this 29th day of May, 2013.

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