Kambo v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 34

ORDER TO AMEND CASE CAPTION: For the reasons explained in the attached Order to Amend Case Caption, the Clerk of the Court is respectfully directed to amend the docket and case caption to reflect that Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is now the named Defendant in this action. Signed by Judge Victor A. Bolden on 7/9/2019. (Baran, Hugh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
ILIR KAMBO,
Plaintiff,
v.

No. 3:17-cv-992 (VAB)

NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner, Social Security
Administration,
Defendant.
ORDER TO AMEND CASE CAPTION
Sworn in on June 17, 2019, Andrew M. Saul is now the Commissioner of the Social
Security Administration.1
Under Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, when a party in an official
capacity resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office while the action is pending, the officer’s
successor is automatically substituted as a party, regardless of the party’s failure to so move or to
amend the case caption. FED. R. CIV. P. 25(d). The Court also may also order the substitution of a
party at any time. See Williams v. Annucci, 895 F.3d 180, 187 (2d Cir. 2018); Tanvir v. Tanzin,
894 F.3d 449, 459 n.7 (2d Cir. 2018).
Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is respectfully directed to amend the docket and case
caption to reflect that Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is
now the named Defendant in this action.
SO ORDERED at Bridgeport, Connecticut, this 9th day of July, 2019.
/s/ Victor A. Bolden
VICTOR A. BOLDEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

See Commissioner Bio, accessed Jul. 9, 2019, https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html; Press Release,
Social Security Administration, Social Security Welcomes its New Commissioner (Jun. 17, 2019),
https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-welcomes-its-new-commissioner/.