Stafford, Debbie v. Saul, Andrew

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

DEBBIE M. STAFFORD,

Plaintiff,

Vv. Case No.: 3:21-cv-180-BBC 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 parties’ joint motion to remand this action, this Court now, upon substantive review, hereby enters an order 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 according to the following terms. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 296 (1993); Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 97-98 (1991).

On remand, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) will: offer Plaintiff the opportunity for a new hearing; re-evaluate the medical opinion evidence and reassess the RFC as appropriate; proceed through the sequential disability evaluation process as appropriate; and issue a new decision. If warranted, the ALJ will obtain supplemental vocational expert testimony. ph.

SO ORDERED thiscA Y ~~ day of Va V , 2021. tha Barbara B. Crabb

United States District Court Judge