Woods v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 18

ORDER REMANDING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS, granting 17 Motion to Remand. Case remanded to Administrative Law Judge. Case is CLOSED. Signed by Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. (LR, Case Administrator)

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1 FILED IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 2 May 24, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 3 SEAN F. MCAVOY, CLERK 4 LORRAINE WOODS, No. 1:16-CV-3170-SMJ 5 Plaintiff, ORDER REMANDING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS 6 v. 7 8 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. 9 10 Before the Court, without oral argument, is the parties’ Stipulated Motion for 11 Remand, ECF No. 17. The parties agree that this case be reversed and remanded 12 pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative 13 proceedings, including, but not limited to, the following actions: the administrative 14 law judge (the ALJ) will address the evidence submitted to the Appeals Council; 15 the ALJ will reevaluate Plaintiff’s maximum residual functional capacity and in so 16 doing, further consider the opinions of Dr. Drenguis (Tr. 338-342), Dr. Moyer (Tr. 17 413-415, 416-417), and Dr. Staley (Tr. 92-95); the ALJ will further evaluate 18 Plaintiff’s subjective complaints; and, if warranted, the ALJ obtain supplemental 19 vocational expert evidence to determine if jobs exist in significant numbers in the 20 national economy that Plaintiff is capable of performing given her limitations. If a ORDER - 1 1 favorable decision is not made on the record, the ALJ will afford Plaintiff the 2 opportunity to appear at a new hearing and present evidence and testimony. Having 3 reviewed the pleadings and the file in this matter, the Court is fully informed and 4 grants the parties’ motion. 5 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 6 1. GRANTED. 7 8 The parties’ Stipulated Motion for Remand, ECF No. 17, is 2. The ALJ’s decision is REVERSED and REMANDED for further administrative proceedings consistent with the parties’ stipulation and 9 this order. 10 11 3. All other pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT. 12 4. All hearings and other deadlines are STRICKEN. 13 5. The Clerk’s Office is directed to ENTER JUDGMENT in favor of Plaintiff consistent with this order and CLOSE this file 14 15 16 17 IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk’s Office is directed to enter this Order and provide copies to all counsel. DATED this 24th day of May 2017. 18 ______________________________ SALVADOR MENDOZA, JR. United States District Judge 19 20 ORDER - 2

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