PARKS v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

PARKS v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA VALDOSTA DIVISION

R.P., : : Plaintiff, : : v. : CASE NO.: 7:21-cv-05 (WLS) : Commissioner of Social Security, : : Defendant. : : ORDER Presently before the Court is Defendant’s “Unopposed Motion for Entry of Judgment under Sentence Four of

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g) with Reversal and Remand of the Cause to the Defendant.” (Doc. 20.) Therein, Defendant requests that this Court remand the case to the Commissioner for further action. (Id.) Pursuant to sentence four of

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g), this 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, with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing.” See Shalala v. Schaefer,

113 S. Ct. 2525

(1993). Accordingly, for good cause shown Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to Remand (Doc. 20) pursuant to Sentence four of

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g) is GRANTED. This matter is REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security. Defendant is ORDERED to forward this case to an administrative law judge who shall (1) update the medical record and (2) hold a supplemental hearing and obtain supplemental evidence from a vocational expert in compliance with agency policy and Social Security Rulings 83-14 and 00-4p. SO ORDERED, this 21st day of July 2022.

/s/ W. Louis Sands W. LOUIS SANDS, SR. JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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