Williams v. Colvin

Filing 19

ORDER granting 18 Consent Motion to Remand to Social Security Administration - Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 3/6/2017. (Baker, C.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN DIVISION
Civ. No. 4:16-CV-00213-FL
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS
Plaintiff,
v.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL1,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and
Defendant’s Motion for Remand to the Commissioner. Plaintiff, through counsel, consents to
Defendant's Motion for Remand to the Commissioner.
For good cause shown, the Court hereby reverses the Commissioner’s decision under
sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and § 1383(c)(3) and remands the case 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 is directed to enter a separate judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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SO ORDERED this ________ day of March, 2017.

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LOUISE W. FLANAGAN
United States District Judge

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Nancy A. Berryhill is now the Acting Commissioner of Social Security. Pursuant to Rule 25(d)
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Nancy A. Berryhill should be substituted for Acting
Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin as the defendant in this suit. No further action needs to be
taken to continue this suit by reason of the last sentence of section 205(g) of the Social Security
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).