Akers v. SSA

Filing 27

JUDGMENT: 1. Commissioner's motions to remand pursuant to sentence six of 42:405(g) are DENIED; 2. Commissioner's decisions denying plfs' disability claims on redetermination are VACATED; 3. plfs' requests to r einstate benefits pending Commissioner's decision on remand are GRANTED consistent with this opinion; 4. Pursuant to sentence four of 42:405(g), these matters are REMANDED to SSA for further proceedings consistent with Sixth Circu it's decision in Hicks v. Commissioner of Social Security; 5. These matters are STRICKEN from active docket of this Court, to be restored upon motion by any party for good cause shown; 6. Any pending requests for relief are DENIED AS MOOT; and 7. This is a FINAL AND APPEALABLE ORDER and there is NO JUST CAUSE FOR DELAY. Signed by Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove on 7/15/2019. (RCB)cc: COR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
IN RE VARIOUS SOCIAL SECURITY
CASES AFFECTED BY THE SIXTH
CIRCUIT DECISION IN HICKS V.
BERRYHILL, NO. 17-5206,

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Civil Case Nos.
0:16-cv-0063-GFVT
0:16-cv-0092-GFVT
3:18-cv-0006-GFVT
5:16-cv-0340-GFVT
5:16-cv-0402-GFVT
5:16-cv-0456-GFVT
7:16-cv-0049-GFVT
7:16-cv-0061-GFVT
7:16-cv-0063-GFVT
7:16-cv-0084-GFVT
7:16-cv-0086-GFVT
7:16-cv-0110-GFVT
7:16-cv-0116-GFVT
7:16-cv-0121-GFVT
7:16-cv-0139-GFVT
7:16-cv-0150-GFVT
7:16-cv-0161-GFVT
7:16-cv-0172-GFVT
7:16-cv-0175-GFVT

7:16-cv-0191-GFVT
7:16-cv-0198-GFVT
7:16-cv-0216-GFVT
7:16-cv-0242-GFVT
7:16-cv-0253-GFVT
7:16-cv-0267-GFVT
7:16-cv-0294-GFVT
7:16-cv-0295-GFVT
7:17-cv-0010-GFVT
7:17-cv-0017-GFVT
7:17-cv-0026-GFVT
7:17-cv-0050-GFVT
7:17-cv-0069-GFVT
7:17-cv-0077-GFVT
7:17-cv-0083-GFVT
7:17-cv-0121-GFVT
7:17-cv-0141-GFVT
7:17-cv-0189-GFVT
7:18-cv-0005-GFVT

JUDGMENT

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In accordance with the Memorandum Opinion and Order, and pursuant to Rule 58 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
1.

The Commissioner’s motions to remand pursuant to sentence six of 42 U.S.C.

§ 405 (g) are DENIED;
2.

The Commissioner’s decisions denying the plaintiffs’ disability claims on

redetermination are hereby VACATED;

3.

The plaintiffs’ requests to reinstate benefits pending the Commissioner’s decision

on remand are GRANTED consistent with this opinion;
4.

Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), these matters are REMANDED

to the SSA for further proceedings consistent with the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Hicks v.
Commissioner of Social Security, 909 F.3d 786 (6th Cir. 2018);
5.

These matters are STRICKEN from the active docket of this Court, to be restored

to the active docket upon motion by any party for good cause shown;
6.

Any pending requests for relief in these actions are DENIED AS MOOT; and

7.

This is a FINAL AND APPEALABLE ORDER and there is NO JUST CAUSE

FOR DELAY.
This the 15th day of July, 2019.

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