WELDON v. ASTRUE

Filing 11

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. PLAINTIFFS REQUEST FOR REVIEW IS GRANTED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE MATTER IS REMANDED TO THE COMMISSIONER UNDER SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. 405(g) FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS CONSISTENT WITH MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT. THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER IS REVERSED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REMAND ONLY. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOEL H. SLOMSKY ON 10/24/13. 10/25/13 ENTERED AND COPIES EMAILED.(rf, )

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

MARGARET WELDON

f\LEO

V.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 1
Commissioner of the
Social Security Administration

QCI 2 4 20~3
M\CHAEI. E. KU]~p'~~:rk
BY·

NO. 12-5101

ORDER
AND NOW, this

L% day of 0 ~

, 2013, upon careful and independent

consideration of the administrative record, the brief in support of review filed by Plaintiff, and
Defendant's response thereto (Doc. Nos. 7-8), and after review of the Report and Recommendation
of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1.

The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;

2.

Plaintiffs request for review is GRANTED to the extent that the matter is

REMANDED to the Commissioner under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further

proceedings consistent with the Magistrate Judge's Report; and
3.

The decision ofthe Commissioner is REVERSED for the purposes ofthis remand

only.
BY THE COURT:

CfOEL H. 'SLOMSKY}

1

J.

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.