Hooper v. Commissioner of Social Security
Filing
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ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations - re 21 Report and Recommendations. The final decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED and REMANDED to the Commissioner for further proceedings. Specifically, the Commissioner is directed to reevalu ate Plaintiff's mental impairments and take any further action that the Commissioner deems necessary. Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff. Thereafter, the Clerk shall close this case. Signed by Judge Carlos E. Mendoza on 3/7/2018. (DJD)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
JOSH HOOPER,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No: 6:16-cv-1978-Orl-41PDB
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
Defendant.
/
ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 1). Plaintiff seeks review
from a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying his claim for disability
benefits. United States Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale submitted a Report and
Recommendation (Doc. 21), recommending that the final decision be reversed and remanded for
further proceedings and that judgment be entered in Plaintiff’s favor pursuant to sentence four of
42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
After a de novo review of the record, and noting that no objections were timely filed, the
Court agrees with the analysis set forth in the Report and Recommendation. Therefore, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 21) is ADOPTED and CONFIRMED and
made a part of this Order.
2. The final decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED and REMANDED to the
Commissioner for further proceedings. Specifically, the Commissioner is directed
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to reevaluate Plaintiff’s mental impairments and take any further action that the
Commissioner deems necessary.
3. Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the Clerk is directed to enter
judgment in favor of Plaintiff. Thereafter, the Clerk shall close this case.
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on March 7, 2018.
Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record
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