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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

LITTLE ROCK DIVISION

MARY F. DORAN PLAINTIFF

v. 4:05CV00765 JTR

JO ANNE B. BARNHART,

Commissioner, Social

Security Administration DEFENDANT

ORDER

Defendant has filed an unopposed motion 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 to issue a new

decision. Under the circumstances, a sentence four remand is appropriate. Buckner v. Apfel, 213

F.3d 1006, 1010-11 (8th Cir. 2000). 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant's motion to remand (docket entry #16) is

hereby GRANTED . All other pending motions are hereby rendered moot. This is a "sentence

four" remand. This dismissal is without prejudice to Plaintiff’s subsequent filing for attorney’s fees

under the Equal Access to Justice Act.

DATED this 5th day of July, 2006.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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