Al Qaysi v. Saul
Filing
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ORDER adopting 39 Report and Recommendation ; denying 36 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part 16 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 24 Motion to Remand to Social Security Administration. (Written Opinion) Signed by Judge Susan Richard Nelson on 7/16/2021. (SMD)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Alaa M. K. A.,
Case No. 20-cv-1066 (SRN/HB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER
v.
Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner
of Social Security,
Defendant.
Laura S. Melnick, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc., 55 East Fifth
Street, Suite 400, St Paul, MN 55101 for Plaintiff Alaa M. K. A.
Elvi Jenkins, Social Security Administration. 1301 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75202
for Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc.
No. 16], Defendant’s Motion to Remand [Doc. No. 24], Defendant’s Motion for
Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 36], and the Report and Recommendation issued by
Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer on July 1, 2021 [Doc. No. 39]. No party has objected to
the Report and Recommendation.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 16] is GRANTED IN PART
and DENIED IN PART as set forth fully in the Report and Recommendation;
2. Defendant’s Motion to Remand [Doc. No. 24] is GRANTED;
3. Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. No. 36] is DENIED;
4. The final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security is REVERSED and the
case is REMANDED to the Social Security Administration pursuant to sentence
four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), with the following directives:
a. The ALJ must consider Dr. Sharma’s March 7, 2016 treatment note and
assign weight to Dr. Sharma’s opinions, explain the weight given to those
opinions, and give specific reasons for the weight assigned;
b. The ALJ must reconsider Dr. Kroupin’s October 2018 declaration in light
of the errors described in the Report and Recommendation;
c. The ALJ must consider Dr. Kroupin’s May 2019 declaration in light of the
errors described in the Report and Recommendation;
d. Plaintiff may submit an additional declaration from Dr. Kroupin concerning
the decrease in Plaintiff’s functioning a week or two after his arrival in the
United States after he learned he would not be reunited with his deceased
brother;
e. The ALJ must reconsider Dr. Karayusuf’s opinion in light of the errors
described in the Report and Recommendation; and
f. The ALJ must re-evaluate whether Plaintiff has a medically determinable
mental impairment and, if so, whether that impairment is severe.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
Dated: July 16, 2021
s/Susan Richard Nelson
SUSAN RICHARD NELSON
United States District Judge
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