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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

 JONESBORO DIVISION

GINGER BATES, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting

Commissioner, Social Security

Administration

Defendant.

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No. 3:15CV00286-JJV

ORDER

Defendant has filed a 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. Defendant states that Plaintiff’s attorneywas contacted and stated that he had no objection

to the requested remand. Under the circumstances, a sentence four remand is appropriate. Buckner

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

Accordingly, the Commissioner’s decision is reversed and remanded for action consistent

with this opinion. This is a "sentence four" remand within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and

Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991).

SO ORDERED this 12th day of February, 2016.

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JOE J. VOLPE

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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