IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION PAULA MAE WOTEN, ** * Plaintiff, ** V. ** No. 4:24-cv-01122-JM-JJV * LELAND DUDEK, ** Acting Commissioner, ** Social Security Administration, ** * Defendant. ** ORDER Defendant filed an unopposed Motion to Remand this case (Doc. No. 9) pursuant to sentence four of

(g) (1995): The court shall have 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. The Commissioner seeks remand to conduct further proceedings and states opposing counsel has no objection to the requested remand.!_ Under the circumstances, a “sentence four” remand is appropriate. Buckner v. Apfel,

(8th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, the Commissioner’s decision is reversed and remanded for action consistent with this opinion. This is a “sentence four” remand within the meaning of

(g) and Melkonyan vy. Sullivan,

(1991). SO ORDERED this 4th day of March 2025. \ i \ JO rt \ OPP ke / NO —-~ — WNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

' The Motion says Plaintiff's first name is “Pamela,” but it appears to be a scrivener’s error.