KIRK v. ASTRUE

Filing 16

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO REMAND IS HEREBY GRANTED. THIS ACTION IS HEREBY REMANDED TO DEFENDANT FOR FURTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.. SIGNED BY HONORABLE GENE E.K. PRATTER ON 5/28/2013. 5/28/2013 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(kp, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
DAVID S. KIRK,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,
Acting Commissioner of Social
Security, 1
Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION

NO. 12-6727

ORDER
AND NOW, this 28th day of May, 2013, upon consideration of Defendant’s Uncontested
Motion to Remand [Doc No. 14], and upon review of the Report and Recommendation of United
States Magistrate Judge Henry S. Perkin [Doc. No. 15], it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion is
GRANTED and this action is remanded to Defendant for further administrative proceedings. This
remand is ordered pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

BY THE COURT:

S/Gene E.K. Pratter
GENE E.K. PRATTER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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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, she is substituted for Michael J.
Astrue as the defendant in this case.