UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION

NATALIE HUGHES, ] ] Plaintiff, ] ] v. ] Case No.: 2:24-cv-1454-ACA ] SOCIAL SECURITY ] ADMINISTRATION, ] COMMISSIONER, ] ] Defendant. ]

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Defendant Commissioner of the Social Security Administration moves for entry of judgment under sentence four of

(g) with reversal and remand of the case for additional administrative proceedings. (Doc. 9). The Commissioner seeks remand to instruct the agency to: (1) provide Plaintiff Natalie Hughes with the opportunity for a supplemental hearing, and (2) issue a new decision. (Id. at 1). Under sentence four, the court has the “power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of the record, a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security, with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing.”

(g). The court finds that the Commissioner has provided valid, undisputed reasons why a sentence four remand is appropriate. Accordingly, the court GRANTS the Commissioner’s motion. (Doc. 9). The court will enter a separate final judgment reversing the Commissioner’s final decision and remanding the action to the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with this order pursuant to sentence four of

(g). See Shalala v. Schaefer,

(1993) (“Immediate entry of judgment (as opposed to entry of judgment after postremand agency proceedings have been completed and their results filed with the court) is in fact the principal feature that distinguishes a sentence-four remand from a sentence-six remand.”). DONE and ORDERED this March 5, 2025. ba UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE