UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:23-cv-243-MOC-SCR JAMES DRYE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MARTIN O’MALLEY, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant’s consent Motion to Remand. (Doc. No. 9). The motion is GRANTED. 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 consent motion to remand this case for further administrative proceedings, the Court hereby remands this case, pursuant to sentence four of

(g), for further administrative proceedings consistent with the motion to remand. See Melkonyan v. Sullivan,

(1991); Shalala v. Schaefer,

(1993). Furthermore, the Clerk is respectfully instructed to notice Doc. No. 6 (Plaintiff's Brief) as no longer pending.

Signed: January 23, 2024

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