Lucero v. Social Security Administration

Filing 18

ORDER granting 17 Unopposed Motion to Remand to Agency by Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Garza. (atc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
JUDITH MELANIE LUCERO,
Plaintiff,
v.

No. CV 17-259 CG

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner of the Social Security
Administration,
Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO REMAND FOR
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to
Remand for Further Proceedings, (Doc. 17), filed November 9, 2017. The Court, having
read the Motion, noting it is unopposed, and being otherwise fully advised, finds that the
Motion is well-taken and should be GRANTED.
The Court hereby REVERSES the Commissioner’s decision in this matter under
sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and REMANDS the cause to the Commissioner for
further administrative proceedings and to obtain additional evidence as needed. Upon
remand, the Appeals Council will remand the matter to a different ALJ for a de novo
hearing and a new decision.

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THE HONORABLE CARMEN E. GARZA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE