Allen v. Colvin

Filing 15

ORDER REVERSING DEFENDANT'S DECISION TO DENY BENEFITS AND REMANDING FOR FURTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (AD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JODITH ALLEN,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
CAROLYN W COLVIN, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,

CASE NO. 2:15-CV-01191-TSZ-DWC

ORDER REVERSING DEFENDANT’S
DECISION TO DENY BENEFITS AND
REMANDING FOR FURTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

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Defendant.
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The Court, having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of the Honorable David W.

13 Christel, United States Magistrate Judge, docket no. 14, to which no objection was timely filed,
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(1)

the Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation;

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(2)

the ALJ erred in her decision as described in the Report and Recommendation and such
error was not harmless; and

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(3)

the matter is therefore REVERSED and remanded to the Commissioner for further
administrative proceedings, pursuant to sentence four (4) of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

DATED this 5th day of February, 2016.

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Thomas S. Zilly
United States District Judge

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