Marquez v. Colvin

Filing 30

ORDER granting 29 Commissioner's Consent Motion for Entry of Judgment with Reversal and Remand. Signed by Judge Stefan R. Underhill on 10/17/2017. (Pincus, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

NANCY L. MARQUEZ,
Plaintiff,

No. 3:16-cv-01610 (SRU)

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

ORDER GRANTING COMMISSIONER’S CONSENT MOTION FOR ENTRY
OF JUDGMENT WITH REVERSAL AND REMAND
The defendant, Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration, has moved to enter judgment under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), with a
reversal and remand of the cause to the Commissioner for further action. Counsel for the
Commissioner represents that she has contacted counsel for the plaintiff, Charles E. Binder, who
consents to the relief sought in this motion.
Under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), I have the power to enter a judgment with a
reversal and remand of the cause to the Commissioner for further proceedings. See Shalala v.
Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 297 (1993); Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 98 (1991). Remand for
further development of the record is appropriate when gaps exist in the administrative record or
when the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) committed legal error. See Parker v. Harris, 626
F.2d 225, 235 (2d Cir. 1980).
Here, the Commissioner has determined that remand of this case for additional
administrative proceedings is necessary. Upon remand, the ALJ shall reevaluate the opinion
evidence, and, at step five, obtain evidence from a vocational expert. The ALJ shall also

reevaluate the claimant’s residual functional capacity, offer the claimant the opportunity for a
hearing, if appropriate, and issue a new decision.
Accordingly, I GRANT the Commissioner’s Consent Motion for Entry of Judgment
Under Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) [Doc. No. 29]. The Clerk shall enter judgment and
remand the case to the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with the motion. The
Clerk is further instructed that, if any party subsequently appeals to this court the decision made
after remand, that Social Security appeal shall be assigned to me (as the District Judge who
issued the ruling that remanded the case).

So ordered.
Dated at Bridgeport, Connecticut, this 17th day of October 2017.

/s/ STEFAN R. UNDERHILL
Stefan R. Underhill
United States District Judge

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