RICHARDSON v. ASTRUE

Filing 19

ORDER THAT REPORT & RECOMMENDATION OF U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE CAROL SANDRA MOORE WELLS DATED 11/21/2013, IS APPROVED & ADOPTED. PLFF'S OBJECTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE'S REPORT & RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OVERRULED, ETC. PLFF'S REQUEST FOR REVIEW IS GRANTED TO THE EXTENT IT SEEKS A REMAND TO THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS & DENIED IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS; THE CASE IS REMANDED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. SEC. 405(g), ETC. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JAN E. DUBOIS ON 12/11/13. 12/11/13 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(kw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
CAMILLE A. RICHARDSON,
Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION

v.
MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

NO. 12-6575

ORDER
AND NOW, this 11th day of December, 2013, upon consideration of the Report and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Carol Sandra Moore Wells dated November
21, 2013, Plaintiff’s Objections to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendations, and the record
in this case, and the Court noting that the Magistrate Judge recommended a remand to the
Commissioner pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for consideration by the
Administrative Law Judge of the findings of one of plaintiff’s treating physicians, Lawrence S.
Forman, D.O., that plaintiff could not sit for more than an hour, could not stand and walk for
more than thirty minutes, and was unable to bend, stoop or kneel, and plaintiff, in her Objections
having sought additional instructions to the Administrative Law Judge on remand, IT IS
ORDERED as follows:
1.

The Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Carol Sandra

Moore Wells dated November 21, 2013, is APPROVED AND ADOPTED;
2.

Plaintiff’s Objections to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendations are

OVERRULED on the ground that more detailed instructions to the Administrative Law Judge
on remand are not necessary;

3.

Plaintiff’s Request for Review is GRANTED to the extent it seeks a remand to

the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings and DENIED in all other respects;
4.

The case is remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to

sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for explicit consideration by the Administrative Law Judge
of Dr. Lawrence S. Forman’s findings that plaintiff could not sit for more than an hour, could not
stand and walk for more than thirty minutes, and was unable to bend, stoop or kneel.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Hon. Jan E. DuBois
DuBOIS, JAN E., J.

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