Ransom v. Colvin

Filing 17

ORDER granting 11 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying 13 Motion to Affirm; adopting Report and Recommendations re 16 Report and Recommendations. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the matter is hereby remanded tothe Commissioner for further conside ration consistent with Judge Anderson's Report and Recommendation 16 and the Remand Order of April 3, 2015, referenced therein. A Final Judgment dismissing this case, without prejudice, shall be entered this day. Signed by District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr on 3/8/2018 (cwl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
NORTHERN DIVISION
LINDA RANSOM o/b/o
CHARLES RANSOM
VS.

PLAINTIFF
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:16-cv-601-WHB-LRA

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

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Linda Ransom filed suit in this Court seeking judicial review
of a final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration. Both Ransom’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and the
Commissioner’s Motion to Affirm Decision came before United States
Magistrate Judge Linda R. Anderson.

On January 29, 2018, Judge

Anderson entered a Report and Recommendation (“R and R”) in which
she recommended that (1) Ransom’s Motion be granted to the extent
it requested that the matter be remanded for further administrative
proceedings, (2) the Commissioner’s Motion to Affirm be denied, and
(3) the matter be remanded to the Commissioner for reconsideration
of the onset date of disability and for other proceedings.
and R [Docket No. 16].

See R

Neither party objected to the R and R, and

the time for so doing has now expired.
The Court has reviewed the R and R, and agrees that additional
administrative proceedings are required for the reasons stated by
Judge Anderson. Accordingly, the Court will adopt Judge Anderson’s

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and

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recommending

that

the

matter

be

remanded

to

the

Commissioner.
For the foregoing reasons:
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the January 29, 2018, Report and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Linda R. Anderson
[Docket No. 16], is hereby adopted as the ruling of this Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary
Judgment [Docket No. 11] is hereby granted to the extent it
requested that the matter be remanded for further administrative
proceedings.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commissioner’s Motion to Affirm
[Docket No. 13] is hereby denied.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the matter is hereby remanded to
the Commissioner for further consideration consistent with Judge
Anderson’s Report and Recommendation [Docket No. 16] and the Remand
Order of April 3, 2015, referenced therein.
A Final Judgment dismissing this case, without prejudice,
shall be entered this day.
SO ORDERED this the 8th day of March, 2018.

s/ William H. Barbour, Jr.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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