IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE EASTERN DIVISION ______________________________________________________________________________

THOMAS HARRISON,

Plaintiff,

v. Case No. 1:22-cv-1283-STA-tmp

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING SENTENCE FOUR REMAND

The Acting Commissioner of Social Security has moved the Court to reverse the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and remand this action to the Commissioner pursuant to sentence four of section 205(g),

(g). (ECF No. 10.) The Commissioner, after reviewing the record, requests remand to allow the ALJ to take any further action necessary to complete the administrative record and issue a new decision. For good cause shown, the motion is GRANTED. Remand will expedite administrative review, ensure that the Commissioner has the opportunity to fully consider Plaintiff’s claim, and may ultimately make judicial review unnecessary. Remand by this Court is appropriate under

(g), which provides: The court shall have 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.

See also Melkonyan v. Sullivan,

(1991); Newkirk v. Shalala,

(6th Cir. 1994). For the foregoing reasons, and pursuant to the Supreme Court’s decision in Shalala v. Schaefer,

(1993), the Court will enter judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure reversing the decision of the ALJ and remanding this case to the Commissioner under sentence four of

(g). IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/ S. Thomas Anderson S. Thomas Anderson United States District Judge

Date: March 17, 2023

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