UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ________________________________________

GAIL A. D.,

Plaintiff,

v. 5:20-CV-1042 (ML) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

Defendant. ________________________________________

APPEARANCES: OF COUNSEL:

LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH HILLER, PLLC JUSTIN GOLDSTEIN, ESQ. Counsel for the Plaintiff 6000 North Bailey Avenue - Suite 1A Amherst, New York 14226

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SEAN D. SANTEN, ESQ. Counsel for the Defendant Special Assistant United States J.F.K. Federal Building Attorney 15 New Sudbury Street Boston, Massachusetts 02203

MIROSLAV LOVRIC, United States Magistrate Judge

CONSENT ORDER TO REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 4 OF

(g)

This matter having been opened to the Court by ANTOINETTE T. BACON, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and Sean D. Santen, Special Assistant United States Attorney, attorneys for Defendant, for an Order remanding the within cause of action to the Defendant pursuant to Sentence 4 of

(g) so that further administrative action, including a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge and the issuance of a new decision, may be taken; and Plaintiff, through counsel Justin Goldstein, having consented to the within order and the requested remand (Dkt. No. 15), and the Court having considered the matter, IT IS on this 25th day of May, 2021, ORDERED that the final decision of the Commissioner be and hereby is REVERSED, and the matter is REMANDED to the Defendant for this further administrative action; and it is further ORDERED that the within matter, be and hereby is, DISMISSED in accord with the decision in Melkonyan v. Sullivan,

(1991); and it is further ORDERED that nothing within this consent order shall be deemed to bar Plaintiff from seeking attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA),

.

Dated: May 25, 2021 Binghamton, New York

U.S. Magistrate Judge