Pratt v. Social Security Administration Commissioner

Filing 10

JUDGMENT ADOPTING 9 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, ORDER REMANDING CASE TO US AGENCY pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Copy to ALJ and OHA with R/R) Signed by Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren on July 7, 2009. (src)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION CURTIS PRATT, JR. vs. Civil No. 5:08-cv-05088 DEFENDANT PLAINTIFF

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE Commissioner, Social Security Administration

JUDGMENT Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation filed June 10, 2009 by the Honorable Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. (Doc. No. 9). Judge Bryant recommends that this case be reversed and remanded for further development of the record. Defendant has not filed objections to the Report and Recommendation, and the time to object has passed. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Therefore, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation in toto. The matter is hereby REVERSED AND REMANDED to the Commissioner for further development of the record pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). If plaintiff wishes to request an award of attorney's fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) 28 U.S.C. § 2412, an application may be filed up to thirty (30) days after the judgment becomes "not appealable" i.e., thirty (30) days after the sixty (60) day time for appeal has ended. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 296, 113 S.Ct. 2625 (1993); 28 U.S.C. §§ 2412(d)(1)(B),(d)(2)(G). IT IS SO ORDERED, this 7th day of July, 2009. /s/Jimm Larry Hendren HON. JIMM LARRY HENDREN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE