Sloan v. Commissioner of Social Security

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 TACOMA DIVISION JENNIFER LORI SLOAN, Civil No. 2:21-cv-00889-TLF 11 Plaintiff, 12 vs. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, 14 Defendant.

15 The Commissioner’s final decision is REVERSED and REMANDED for further administrative proceedings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). On remand, the ALJ shall offer the claimant the opportunity for a new administrative hearing; obtain a consultative examination, to include a complete set of IQ scores; reevaluate the severity of the claimant’s intellectual disorder with the assistance of a medical expert; proceed with the sequential evaluation, as necessary; and issue a new decision.

21 Remand shall be made under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). See Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991). Upon proper presentation, the Court will consider Plaintiff’s application for reasonable attorney fees and expenses pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) and costs as enumerated in 28 U.S.C. § 1920, under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a).

DATED this ____19____ day of _____April_______2022. ___A___ 6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE