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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

SOUTHERN DIVISION 

PATRICK NEAL ANDERSON, * 

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 Plaintiff, * 

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v. * CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-00061-WS-B 

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, * 

Commissioner of Social Security,* 

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 Defendant. * 

ORDER

After due and proper consideration of all portions of this file 

deemed relevant to the issues raised, and a de novo determination 

of those portions of the Report and Recommendation to which objection 

is made,, the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge made under 28 

U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1)(B) and dated October 11, 2011, is ADOPTED as the 

opinion of this Court. 

Accordingly, for good cause shown and because no answer has been 

filed, it is ORDERED that Defendant=s Motion to Remand (Doc. 22) be 

and is hereby GRANTED and that this action is REMANDED to the 

Social Security Administration pursuant to sentence six of 42 U.S.C. 

' 405(g), so that the Appeals Council can locate or reconstruct the 

claim file regarding the Administrative Law Judge’s June 25, 2004 

decision. 

Pursuant to sentence six of Section 405(g), Plaintiff is not 

a prevailing party for purposes of the Equal Access to Justice Act 

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(“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. ' 2412, as a result of this sentence six remand. 

See Shalala v. Schafer, 509 U.S. 292, 297-298 and 300-302, 113 S. 

Ct. 2625, 2629 and 2631-2632, 125 L. Ed. 2d 239 (1993). 

Additionally, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 12) is MOOT, 

and Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 16) is DENIED. 

DONE and ORDERED this the 19th day of October, 2011. 

 

 s/WILLIAM H. STEELE 

 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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