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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:0405 Review of HHS Decision

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

TEDDY PIPKIN PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 4:24-cv-00767-DPM-PSH 

MARTIN O’MALLEY, Commissioner DEFENDANT 

of the Social Security Administration 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION 

INSTRUCTIONS 

 The following Recommendation has been sent to United States 

District Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. You may file written objections to all or 

part of this Recommendation. If you do so, those objections must: (1) 

specifically explain the factual and/or legal basis for your objection, and 

(2) be received by the Clerk of this Court within fourteen (14) days of this 

Recommendation. By not objecting, you may waive the right to appeal 

questions of fact. 

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DISPOSITION 

The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration 

(“Commissioner”) has filed the pending unopposed motion to remand for 

further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. 

405(g). See Docket Entry 8. For good cause shown, the motion should be 

granted. This case should be remanded in accordance with the terms 

outlined by the Commissioner. The remand should be a sentence four 

remand. See Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991). The dismissal of 

this case should be without prejudice to plaintiff Teddy Pipkin’s 

subsequent filing of a motion for attorney’s fees and expenses pursuant to 

the Equal Access to Justice Act. A separate judgment should be entered 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 58. 

DATED this 19th day of December, 2024. 

 __________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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