UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION

RICHARD JAMES SONNIER, JR. CASE NO. 6:21-CV-00774 VERSUS JUDGE ROBERT R. SUMMERHAYS COMMISSIONER OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE WHITEHURST SOCIAL SECURITY

JUDGMENT For the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge previously filed herein, and after an independent review of the record, including the objections filed, and having determined that the findings and recommendations are correct under the applicable law; IT IS ORDERED that the Commissioner’s decision should be REVERSED and REMANDED for an award of benefits to be computated and paid from the disability onset date, May 8, 2018, pursuant to the fourth sentence of

(g). ! hh THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Lafayette, Louisiana, on this’ day of April, 2022.

OBERT R. SUMMERHAYS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

A fourth sentence remand constitutes a final judgment that triggers the filing period for an EAJA fee application. Shalala v. Schaeffer,

(1993); Freeman v. Shalala,

(5" Cir. 1993).