MacFadgen v. Colvin

Filing 23

Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER entered. This case is ORDERED REMANDED to Social Security Administration for further administrative proceedings. This Court hereby REVERSES the Commissioner's decision under sentence four of 42 U.S.c. § 405(g) with a remand of the cause to the Commissioner for further proceedings. (Bartlett, Timothy)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

SHERYL ANN MACFADGEN,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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No.l:14-CV-13232-IT

Pursuant to the power of this Court to enter a judgment affirming, modifying or reversing
the Commissioner's decision with remand in Social Security actions under sentence four of section
205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.c. § 405(g), and in light of the Commissioner's request
to remand this action for further administrative proceedings by the Social Security Administration,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case be remanded to Social Security Administration
for further administrative proceedings. The Social Security Administration's Appeals Council will
remand the case and instruct the Administrative Law Judge to reconsider the opinion of Ms.
McGrath, reevaluate plaintiff's residual functional capacity, reevaluate plaintiff's ability to
perform her past work or other work in the national economy, and obtain supplemental vocational
expert evidence.
Therefore, this court hereby reverses the Commissioner's decision under sentence four of
42 U.S.c. § 405(g) with a remand of the cause to the Commissioner for further proceedings. See
Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292 (1993); Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991). The clerk
of the court will enter a separate judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure.

SO ORDERED this

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Indira Talwani
United States District Judge