Stafford, Debbie v. Saul, Andrew

District Court, W.D. Wisconsin

Stafford, Debbie v. Saul, Andrew

Trial Court Opinion

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

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