IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION ROMULO CONTRERAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civ. No. 1:20-cv-00287-GCM-DCK ) v. ) ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) Acting Commissioner of Social Security,! _ ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER Pursuant to the power of this Court to enter a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing Defendant’s decision with remand in Social Security actions under sentence four of

(g), and in light of Defendant’s motion, with Plaintiff's consent, to remand this case for further administrative proceedings, the Court hereby remands this case to Defendant, pursuant to sentence four of

(g), for further administrative proceedings. See Melkonyan vy. Sullivan,

(1991); Shalala v. Schaefer,

(1993). The clerk of the Court will enter a separate judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Signed: September 2, 2021 SO ORDERED.

Graham C. Mullen : United States District Judge “age

' Kilolo Kijakazi became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on July 9, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Kilolo Kijakazi should be substituted, therefore, for Andrew Saul as the defendant in this suit. No further action need be taken to continue this suit by reason of the last sentence of section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 US.C. § 405(g).