Wojcik, Joseph v. Saul, Andrew

District Court, W.D. Wisconsin

Wojcik, Joseph v. Saul, Andrew

Trial Court Opinion

Met CA Re RAPE □□ ee te POPE Re ae

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

JOSEPH D. WOJCIK, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 20-cv-1013 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant!

ORDER ON THE PARTIES’ JOINT MOTION FOR REMAND FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g)

Pursuant to the power of this Court to enter a judgment affirming, modifying or reversing the Acting Commissioner's decision with remand in Social Security actions under sentence four of section 205(g) of the Social Security Act,

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g), and in light of the parties’ joint motion to remand this action, this Court now, upon substantive review, hereby enters a judgment under sentence four of

42 U.S.C. § 405

(g) reversing the Acting Commissioner's decision with a remand of the cause to the Acting Commissioner

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).

according to the following terms. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S, 292, 296 (1993); Meikonyan v, Sullivan,

501 U.S. 89, 97-98

(1991). On remand, the Appeals Council will remand the matter to an administrative law judge (ALJ) with instructions to hold a new hearing, proceed through the sequential disability evaluation process as appropriate, reevaluate the opinion evidence and Plaintiff's residual functional capacity, and issue a new decision. If warranted, the AL] will obtain supplemental vocational expert testimony.

SO ORDERED this 50" da ul y of J hy , 2021.

BY THE COURT: |) Fok rate B. Cla hab ONORABLE BARBARA B. CRABB United States District Judge

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