Elkins v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 18

ORDER granting 17 Motion to Remand. Signed by Judge Gregory L. Frost on 9/3/15. (kn)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION

RICHARD B. ELKINS,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 2:15-cv-402
JUDGE GREGORY L. FROST
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth P. Deavers

v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

ORDER
This matter is before the Court for consideration of the September 2, 2015 Joint Motion
for Remand. (ECF No. 17.) The Court GRANTS the motion and ORDERS that this case is
remanded for further administrative proceedings pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. §
405(g). Upon remand, the Appeals Council will vacate all findings in the Administrative Law
Judge’s decision, and the Commissioner will conduct further proceedings, develop the
administrative record as necessary to determine whether Plaintiff is disabled within the meaning
of the Social Security Act, and then issue a new decision. The Clerk shall enter judgment
accordingly and terminate this action on the docket records of the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Gregory L. Frost
GREGORY L. FROST
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE