MANSFIELD v. ASTRUE

Filing 18

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FINAL DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER DENYING DISABILITY BENEFITS TO PLAINTIFF IS VACATED. MATTER IS REMANDED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. 405(g) FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS CONSISTENT WITH MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE WILLIAM H. YOHN, JR ON 8/22/13. 8/22/13 ENTERED AND COPIES EMAILED.(rf, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION

KATINA M. MANSFIELD,
Plaintiff,

v.
NO. 12-3691

F\lED

1

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

AUG

2 2 2.0\3

M\CHAEL E. KU~~p~~~k
BY---

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AND NOW, this z..2..day of

ORDER

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, 2013, upon independent review of the

brief in support of review filed by Plaintiff, Defendant's response thereto, Plaintiffs reply
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thereto (Doc. Nos. 12, 13 & 14), and the administrative record, and after careful considerati~

the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R.

Strawbrid~, 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 further proceedings consistent with the Magistrate Judge's Report.

1

Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on February 14, 2013. Pursuant to Rule

25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Carolyn W. Colvin should be substituted for Michael J. Astrue as the
defendant in this suit.