Cordova v. Colvin

Filing 18

ORDER granting 17 Defendant's Unopposed Motion To Remand for Further Administrative Proceedings. By Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 12/15/16. (kfinn)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Action No. 16-cv-02046-REB
BARBARA CORDOVA,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

ORDER FOR JUDGMENT AND REMAND
Blackburn, J.
The matter before me is Defendant’s Unopposed Motion To Remand for
Further Administrative Proceedings [#17],1 filed December 14, 2016. By this motion,
defendant requests the court remand this matter for further administrative proceedings
under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Having reviewed the motion and the file,
and being apprised of the premises, the court finds and concludes that the motion is
well-taken and should be granted.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That Defendant’s Unopposed Motion To Remand for Further
Administrative Proceedings [#17], filed December 14, 2016, is granted,
2. That the conclusion of the Commissioner through the Administrative Law
Judge that plaintiff was not disabled is reversed;

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“[#17]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a
specific paper by the court’s case management and electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). I use this
convention throughout this order.

3. That this matter is remanded to the Commissioner for further administrative
proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g);
4. That judgment shall enter in favor of plaintiff and against defendant in
accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 58 and consistent with the United States Supreme
Court's decision in Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 296-302, 113 S.Ct. 2625, 262832, 125 L.Ed.2d 239 (1993); and
5. That plaintiff is awarded her costs, to be taxed by the clerk of the court
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1) and D.C.COLO.LCivR 54.1 and 28 U.S.C.
§ 2412(a)(1).
Dated December 15, 2016, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:

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