Burnside v. Berryhill

Filing 24

ORDER granting Defendant's 20 Motion to Reopen Case for Entry of Judgment; Case reopened for the purpose of entering Judgment in favor of Defendant, after which the matter will again be closed. Signed by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (SWT)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 LARRY JAMES BURNSIDE, 8 Plaintiff, v. 9 10 NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, CASE NO. C12-1739RSM ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REOPEN 11 Defendant. 12 13 THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant’s Motion to Reopen this case for 14 entry of Judgment in Defendant’s favor. Dkt. #20. The Commissioner notes that this matter was 15 initially remanded pursuant to sentence six of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) on January 23, 2013. Dkt. #18. 16 However, on remand, Plaintiff and his attorney signed a letter indicating that Plaintiff did not wish 17 to pursue the claim and requesting to withdraw the request for hearing. AR 597. The 18 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the request for a hearing on March 26, 2015. AR 59319 96. The Appeals Council issued a decision on November 19, 2015, adopting the findings and 20 conclusion of the ALJ decision, dated February 19, 2010. AR 591. Accordingly, the 21 Commissioner moves the Court to enter Judgment in favor of Defendant pursuant to sentence four 22 of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), affirming the Appeals Council’s November 19, 2015, decision, because 23 Plaintiff has withdrawn his administrative claim. Plaintiff responds that he does not oppose this 24 motion. Dkt. #23. ORDER - 1 1 Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS: 2 1. Defendant’s Motion to Reopen (Dkt. #20) is GRANTED. 3 2. This case is reopened for the purpose of entering Judgment in favor of Defendant, after 4 5 which the matter will again be closed. DATED this 12th day of April, 2017. 6 7 8 A 9 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ORDER - 2

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