Cheek v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Cheek v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA ROCK HILL DIVISION
SYLVIA CHEEK, ) Civil Action No. 0:20-cv-03921-JD-PJG ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ORDER ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI,1 ) Acting Commissioner of Social Security ) Administration, ) ) Defendant. )
This matter is before the Court by way of a Motion to Remand by Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. (DE 16.) Pursuant to the power of the Court to enter a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the Commissioner’s decision with remand in Social Security actions under sentence four of
42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and in light of the Commissioner’s request for remand with consent of the Plaintiff of this action for further proceedings, it is hereby ORDERED that the decision of the Commissioner is VACATED and this case is remanded to an administrative law judge under sentence four of
42 U.S.C. § 405(g) with a REMAND of the cause to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings consistent with Defendant’s Memorandum in Support of its Motion.2 See Shalala v. Schaefer,
509 U.S. 292(1993).
1 Kilolo Kijakazi became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on July 9, 2021. Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Kilolo Kijakazi should be substituted, therefore, for Andrew Saul 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,
42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
2 The Clerk of the Court will enter a separate judgment pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 58. IT IS SO ORDERED. C Joseph essen: Joseph Dawson, HI United States District Judge
Greenville, South Carolina November 23, 2021
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