Westbury v. Commissioner Social Security Administration

Filing 32

ORDER RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION accepting 28 Motion to Remand, filed by Commissioner Social Security Administration Signed by Honorable R Bryan Harwell on 4/10/14. (jsmi, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
GREENVILLE DIVISION
Mary Elizabeth Westbury,
Plaintiff,
v.
Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-01299-RBH-KFM

ORDER

The Defendant, Carolyn W. Colvin, Commissioner of Social Security, has moved this
Court, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 405(g), to enter a judgment with an order of reversal with remand of
the cause to the Commissioner for purposes of conducting a de novo hearing. Plaintiff Mary
Elizabeth Westbury consents to the remand. Upon remand, the Appeals Council will direct the
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to give further consideration to the nontreating source opinion of
Adebola Rojugbokan, M.D., pursuant to the provisions of 20 C.F.R. 404.1527 and 416.927 and
Social Security Ruling 96-5p, and explain the weight given to such opinion evidence. As
appropriate, the ALJ may request Dr. Rojugbokan to provide additional evidence and/or further
clarification of the opinion and a medical source statement about what the claimant can still do
despite the impairments prior to October 12, 2010.
Further, as appropriate, the ALJ will conduct further proceedings required to determine
whether substance abuse was a contributing factor material to the finding of disability prior to
October 12, 2010, in accordance with Social Security Ruling 13-2p.
The Appeals Counsel will direct the ALJ to provide the opportunity for a hearing, take any
further action needed to complete the administrative record, and issue a new decision with respect
to the period prior to October 12, 2010.

The Appeals Counsel will affirm the favorable portion of the decision, i.e., the period
beginning on October 12, 2010.
Pursuant to the power of this Court to enter a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing
the Commissioner=s decision with remand in Social Security actions under sentence four of
42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and in light of the Commissioner=s request for remand of this action for further
proceedings, this Court hereby
REVERSES the Commissioner=s decision under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. ' 405(g) with
a REMAND of the cause to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. 1 See
Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292 (1993).
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ R. Bryan Harwell
R. Bryan Harwell
United States District Judge
April 10, 2014
Florence, South Carolina.

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The clerk of the Court will enter a separate judgment pursuant to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, Rule 58.