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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:206 Social Security Benefits

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

JONESBORO DIVISION

SHEILA ANN HOWARD PLAINTIFF

VS. 3:10CV00139 JTR

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner, Social

Security Administration DEFENDANT

ORDER

The Commissioner has filed an unopposed Motion (docket entry #16) to

reverse the ALJ’s decision and to remand this case pursuant to sentence four of 42

U.S.C. § 405(g) (1995):

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 of Social Security, with or without

remanding the cause for a rehearing.

The Commissioner seeks remand for further development of the record and for

the ALJ to issue a new decision. Under these circumstances, a sentence four remand

is appropriate. See Buckner v. Apfel, 213 F.3d 1006, 1010-11 (8th Cir. 2000). 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THATDefendant’s Motion toRemand (docket

entry #16) is GRANTED. This is a remand pursuant to “sentence four” of 42 U.S.C.

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§ 405(g).

DATED this 4 day of January, 2011.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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