Lamke v. Astrue

Filing 22

MEMORANDUM OPINION : IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant's Motion to Reverse and Remand and for entry of final judgment is GRANTED. [Doc. 20] IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a final judgment is entered contemporaneously herewith reversing the decisio n of the ALJ and remanding this case to the Commissioner of Social Security for further consideration pursuant to sentence 4 of 42 U.S.C. § 405 (g). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the entry of the final judgment will begin the appeal period which determines the thirty (30) day period during which a timely application for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act may be made.. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mary Ann L. Medler on 5/2/11. (LGK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
DONNA M. LAMKE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant.

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Case No. 4:10CV1889MLM

MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the court on Defendant’s Motion to Reverse and Remand and
for Entry of Final Judgment pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence 4. [Doc. 20 ] The
parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned United States Magistrate
Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). [Doc. 21]
The issue in this case is whether plaintiff is entitled to Social Security disability
benefits and supplemental security income benefits. Defendant’s Motion states that after
careful review of the above-captioned case agency counsel requested that the Appeals
Council of the Social Security Administration reconsider the Commissioner’s decision.
Upon review, the Appeals Council determined that remand was appropriate.
Upon receipt of the court’s remand order, the Appeals Council will remand this case
to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with instructions to properly assess plaintiff’s
residual functional capacity, including credible limitations of social functioning, and if
necessary, obtain supplemental vocational expert input for new step 5 findings. The ALJ
will be instructed to issue a new decision reflecting the above analysis.
The court has considered defendant’s Motion and finds that the Motion should be
granted. The entry of final judgment reversing and remanding this case will begin the

appeal period which determines the thirty (30) day period during which a timely application
for attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2142 may be filed.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant’s Motion to Reverse and Remand and
for entry of final judgment is GRANTED. [Doc. 20]
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a final judgment is entered contemporaneously
herewith reversing the decision of the ALJ and remanding this case to the Commissioner
of Social Security for further consideration pursuant to sentence 4 of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the entry of the final judgment will begin the
appeal period which determines the thirty (30) day period during which a timely application
for attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act may be made.

/s/Mary Ann L. Medler
MARY ANN L. MEDLER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Dated this 2nd

day of May, 2011.