GONZALEZ v. ASTRUE

Filing 16

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED. THE FINAL DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER DENYING DISABILITY BENEFITS TO PLAINTIFF IS VACATED AND THE MATTER IS REMANDED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. 405(g) FOR PROCEEDINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT. SIGNED BY HONORABLE LAWRENCE F. STENGEL ON 10/24/13. 10/25/13 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(mbh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
NANCY GONZALEZ,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant.

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Civil Action
No. 11-3138

ORDER
AND NOW, this 24th day of October 2013, upon independent review of plaintiff’s
brief and statement of issues in support of request for review (Doc. No. 9), defendant’s
response to request for review of plaintiff (Doc. No. 10) and the administrative record,
and after careful consideration of United States Magistrate Judge Carol Sandra Moore
Wells’s report and recommendation (Doc. No. 15), to which no objection was made, IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1.

The report and recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

2.

The final decision of the Commissioner denying disability benefits to

plaintiff is VACATED; and
3.

The matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner pursuant to sentence four

of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for proceedings consistent with the magistrate judge’s report.
BY THE COURT
/s/ Lawrence F. Stengel
LAWRENCE F. STENGEL, J.