Stauffer v. Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE DIVISION No. 3:20-CV-430 MICHAEL EDWARD STAUFFER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) Acting Commissioner of Social Security, _) ) Defendant. ) ) ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Defendant’s Motion for Remand to the Commissioner. (Doc. No. 13). Plaintiff, through counsel, consents to Defendant's Motion for Remand to the Commissioner.

For good cause shown, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion (Doc. No. 13) and Court hereby reverses the Commissioner’s decision under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and remands the case to the Commissioner for further proceedings. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292 (1993); Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991).

The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter a separate judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Signed: July 27, 2021 Korine.

Max O. Cogburn i ) United States District Judge Tote t