United States District Court Northern District of New York

William Fenton, ) Case No. 3:24-cv-01373 Plaintiff, ) ) Miroslav Lovric v. ) United States Magistrate Judge ) Frank Bisignano,1 ) Commissioner of the Social ) Security Administration, ) Defendant. ) Motion – Document Filed Electronically

CONSENTED-TO MOTION FOR REVERSAL AND REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF

(g)

The Defendant, Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”), has determined that remand of the above-captioned matter is appropriate. Accordingly, the Commissioner respectfully moves this Court, pursuant to sentence four of

(g), to enter a judgment reversing his decision with remand of the cause for further administrative proceedings. See Melkonyan v. Sullivan,

(1991). Under sentence four of

(g), this Court has the power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of the record, “a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security, with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing.”

. Upon remand by this Court, the Appeals Council will remand this matter to an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). Upon remand, the ALJ shall be instructed to offer Plaintiff the opportunity for a new hearing, and issue a new decision.

1 Frank Bisignano became the Commissioner of Social Security on May 6, 2025. Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, he should be substituted as the defendant in this suit. No further action need be taken to continue this suit by reason of the last sentence of section 205(g) of the Social Security Act,

(g). For these reasons, the Commissioner respectfully requests that this Court enter an Order and Final Judgment reversing the Commissioner’s decision and remanding the case for further administrative proceedings. Plaintiffs counsel has authorized the undersigned to represent that Plaintiff consents to this motion. DATED: May 21, 2025 Respectfully submitted, Frank Bisignano, By His Attorneys John A. Sarcone III, United States Attorney /s/ Hugh Dun Rappaport Hugh Dun Rappaport Special Assistant United States Attorney N.D.N.Y. Bar Roll No. 700992 Office of Program Litigation, Office 2 Office of the General Counsel Social Security Administration 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 Phone: 617-565-2380 Email: Hugh.Dun.Rappaport@ ssa.gov

IT SO ORDERED:

Miroslav Lovric U.S. Magistrate Judge Dated: May 22, 2025 Binghamton, NY