UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:23-cv-144-MOC THOMAS RIDDLE, ) Plaintiff, Vs. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ) Defendant. THIS MATTER is before the court on Plaintiff's Complaint and Defendant’s Motion for Remand to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. (Doc. No. 8). The Commissioner wishes to conduct further fact finding, including a new administrative hearing. The Court finds good cause has been alleged for remand and that further administrative fact-finding is warranted. Accordingly, the Court hereby under sentence four of

(g) remands the case to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings, including a new hearing. See Shalala v. Schaefer,

(1993); Melkonyan v. Sullivan,

(1991). Furthermore, Plaintiffs brief, showing as a pending motion in Doc. No. 6, shall be terminated as MOOT. SO ORDERED.

Signed: October 18, 2023

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