Brye v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of

Filing 24

ORDER: Defendant's Motion to Lift Stay [Doc. 21 ] is GRANTED, and the Commissioner's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 22 ] is considered timely-filed. Signed by Magistrate Judge H Bruce Guyton on 9/23/19. (JBR)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
WILLIAM A. BRYE,
Plaintiff,
v.
ANDREW M. SAUL,1
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

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No. 3:18-CV-194-HBG

ORDER
This case is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and the Rules of this
Court.

Now before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Lift Stay [Doc. 21] filed on February 4,

2019.

The Commissioner submits that the appropriations funding the Department of Justice

have been restored after being lapsed for thirty-five days, and requests an extension in which to
file her brief.
The Commissioner subsequently filed her Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 22] on
March 9, 2019.

Accordingly, Defendant’s Motion to Lift Stay [Doc. 21] is GRANTED, and

the Commissioner’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 22] is considered timely-filed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
ENTER:

United States Magistrate Judge

1 Andrew M. Saul was sworn in as the Commissioner of Social Security on June 17, 2019,
during the pendency of this case. Therefore, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d),
Andrew M. Saul is substituted as the Defendant in this case.