UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN DIVISION Civ. No. 7:23-cv-00454-BO-KS MICHAKL P. FRIEND, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. □ ) ) ORDER KTILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) Acting Commissioner of Social ) Security, ) ) Defendant.

This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s Motion for Remand to the Commissioner. Plaintiff, through counsel, consents to Defendant’s Motion for .- Remand to the Commissioner. . For good cause shown, the Court hereby reverses the Commissioner’s decision under sentence four of

(g) and remands the case to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. See Shalala v. Schaefer,

(1993); Melkonyan v. Sullivan,

(1991). The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter a separate judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. SO ORDERED this L day of Z Aebec , 2028.

jew W. BOYLE ( United States District Judge