HUDSON v. COLVIN

Filing 17

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER - That Defendant's Motion to Remand, ECF No. 15 , is GRANTED, and the Acting Commissioner's decision denying benefits is REVERSED. This case is REMANDED to the Acting Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Defendant is ordered to conduct proceedings in accordance with this Memorandum Opinion and Order. The clerk is directed to enter final judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The clerk is directed to administratively close this file. Signed by MAGISTRATE JUDGE CHARLES A STAMPELOS on 2/6/2017. (cle)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE DIVISION
BENJAMIN H. HUDSON,
Plaintiff,
vs.

Case No. 4:16cv443-CAS

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration,1
Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
This action was initiated under the Social Security Act to obtain judicial
review of Defendant=s final decision denying Plaintiff=s claim for disability
benefits, ECF No. 1.

Defendant filed Motion to Remand pursuant to

sentence four of Title 42 U.S.C. ' 405(g). ECF No. 15. Plaintiff has no
objection to this motion. ECF No. 16.

1

On January 23, 2017, Nancy A. Berryhill, became the Acting Commissioner of
Social Security and is substituted for Acting Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin. See
ECF No. 15 n.1.
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Sentence four of section 405(g) states that A[t]he court shall have
power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of the record, a judgment
affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the Acting Commissioner of
Social Security, with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing.@ 42
U.S.C. ' 405(g). In the instant case, the Acting Commissioner states that
remand is appropriate to enable an Administrative Law Judge to further
evaluate the case and issue a new administrative decision. ECF No. 15.
Based upon the foregoing, this court concludes that good cause has been
shown for remand.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED:
1. That Defendant=s Motion to Remand, ECF No. 15, is GRANTED,
and the Acting Commissioner=s decision denying benefits is REVERSED.
2.

That this case is REMANDED to the Acting Commissioner of

Social Security pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. ' 405(g).
3. That Defendant is ordered to conduct proceedings in accordance
with this Memorandum Opinion and Order.
4. That the clerk is directed to enter final judgment pursuant to Rule
58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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5. That the clerk is directed to administratively close this file.
IN CHAMBERS at Tallahassee, Florida, this 6th day of February, 2017.
/s/ Charles A. Stampelos
CHARLES A. STAMPELOS
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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