UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ________________________________________ LASONYA S., Plaintiff, v. 5:20-cv-1481 (ML) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. ________________________________________ APPEARANCES: OF COUNSEL: LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH HILLER, PLLC Counsel for the Plaintiff JUSTIN M. GOLDSTEIN, ESQ. 6000 North Bailey Avenue - Suite 1A Amherst, New York 14226 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Counsel for the Defendant LOUIS JOHN GEORGE, ESQ. J.F.K. Federal Building Special Assistant United States 15 New Sudbury Street Attorney 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 CARLA B. FREEDMAN, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and Louis John George, 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 M. Goldstein, having consented to the within order and the requested remand (Dkt. No. 19), and the Court having considered the matter, IT IS on this 18" day of January, 2022, 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),

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Dated: January 18, 2022 Binghamton, New York

U.S. Magistrate Judge