Zafiratos v. Astrue

Filing 15

MEMORANDUM Order Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 3/26/2013. Mailed notice by judge's staff. (srb,)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
HARRIET G. ZAFIRATOS,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner of Social
Security,1
Defendant.

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No.

12 C 10049

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MEMORANDUM ORDER
Plaintiff Harriet Zafiratos (“Zafiratos”) and acting
Commissioner Carolyn Colvin have tendered a joint motion for the
entry of judgment with remand, noticing up that motion for
presentment on March 27, 2013.

Under the circumstances there is

no need for counsel for the parties to appear at that
time--instead this memorandum order will suffice to implement
their joint agreement.
It is hereby ordered that judgment be entered reversing the
Commissioner’s decision pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C.
§405(g) and remanding the case to the Commissioner for further
administrative action.

In accordance with the parties’

agreement, on remand the designated Administrative Law Judge
should provide Zafiratos with an opportunity to submit additional

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On February 14, 2013 Carolyn W. Colvin became Acting
Commissioner of Social Security. Accordingly Ms. Colvin is
automatically substituted as defendant in this action under Fed.
R. Civ. P. 25(d).

evidence; evaluate Zafiratos’ mental impairments pursuant to the
special technique in 20 C.F.R. 416.920a; consider Zafiratos’
residual functional capacity, and in so doing evaluate all of the
opinion evidence in the record; evaluate Zafiratos’ subjective
complaints, considering the factors set out in Social Security
Ruling 96-7p; seek vocational expert testimony, if warranted, to
determine whether there are a significant number of jobs in the
national economy that Zafiratos can perform; give Zafiratos an
opportunity for a hearing; and issue a new decision.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date:

March 26, 2013

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