District Court, W.D. Wisconsin, 2025

Best, Terisa v. O'Malley, Martin

Best, Terisa v. O'Malley, Martin
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · Decided April 7, 2025
Best, Terisa v. O'Malley, Martin

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TERISA L. BEST, Plaintiff, v. Case No, 3:24-cv-00824-jdp LELAND DUDEK, 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 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 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 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).

The parties agree that, wpon remand from the court, the Appeals Council will order the AL] to reevaluate the evidence; including the opinion evidence, reassess the RFC; and obtain vocational expert evidence to assess whether there are jobs in significant numbers in the national economy that the claimant could still do. The ALJ will also offer Plaintiff the opportunity for a hearing.

SO ORDERED this__ 7” day of AAML 2025.

BY THE COURT: watt JUDGE / MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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