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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

EL DORADO DIVISION

BRANDI GATLIN PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 06-1054

JO ANNE B. BARNHART,

Commissioner, Social 

Security Administration DEFENDANT

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Pending now on this 10 day of October, 2006, is the Defendant’s Motion to th

Remand filed by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (hereinafter

“Commissioner”), on September 25, 2006 (Doc. #8). To date, no Response has been filed,

and none is anticipated. 

In the instant motion, the defendant asserts that remand of this matter is necessary

to enable her to conduct further administrative proceedings (Doc. #8, p. 1). Specifically, the

motion asserts:

The Commissioner seeks remand in order that the Administrative Law Judge

(ALJ) may contact Plaintiff’s treating health sources for an updated report, and

a statement as to what she can still do despite her alleged impairments. If

necessary, the ALJ will recontact the sources for clarification and/or further

evidence, per 20 C.F.R. § 416.912(e), and may enlist the assistance of counsel

in obtaining this information. Unless rendered unnecessary by the evidence,

the ALJ will obtain a consultative mental status examination, with

psychological testing and a medical assessment of Plaintiff’s ability to perform

work-related activities. The ALJ will express Plaintiff’s residual functional

capacity in specific terms of what she can or cannot do, citing appropriate

portions of the record in support of his findings and conclusions. 

The ALJ will also give Plaintiff the opportunity for a hearing. The ALJ will

receive evidence from a vocational expert as to the existence of jobs Plaintiff

could perform, given her exertional and non-exertional limitations as

established by the record, as well as her vocational profile. Any discrepancies

between this evidence and information contained in the Dictionary of

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Occupational Titles will be identified and resolved, per Social Security Ruling

00-4p.

(Doc. #8, pp. 1-2).

Further, the defendant submits that the Court remand this matter pursuant to

sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (Doc. #8, p. 2). 

Sentence four provides:

The court shall have the power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript

of the record, a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision

of the [Commissioner], with or without remanding the cause for a

rehearing.

42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 

Accordingly, we conclude that the defendant’s motion requesting reversal of the

decision and remand of this matter for the above stated reasons, is well taken. The

Commissioner’s decision is reversed and this matter is hereby remanded, pursuant to

sentence four, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for further proceedings, as specifically set forth

above and in the Commissioner’s motion (Doc. #8). 

In addition, the undersigned finds that the plaintiff’s Complaint should be and

hereby is dismissed without prejudice to the subsequent filing for attorney’s fees,

pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. A separate Judgment

shall be entered herein pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 58 and 52.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ Bobby E. Shepherd 

HONORABLE BOBBY E. SHEPHERD 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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