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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FORT SMITH DIVISION

TROY WALLACE 

PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 05-2056

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, Commissioner

Social Security Administration 

DEFENDANT

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff Troy Wallace brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), seeking judicial

review of a decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (Commissioner)

denying his application for Supplemental Security income. The defendant filed an answer to the

complaint on June 13, 2005, asserting that the findings of the Commissioner were supported by

substantial evidence and conclusive.

On September 16, 2005, the Commissioner, having changed positions, filed a motion

requesting that plaintiff's case be remanded pursuant to "sentence four" of section 405(g) in order

that the Commissioner may calculate and award Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to plaintiff.

We have telephonically verified that plaintiff's attorney has no objection to the motion.

The exclusive methods by which a district court may remand a social security case to the

Commissioner are set forth in "sentence four" and "sentence six" of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). A

remand pursuant to "sentence six" is limited to two situations: where the Commissioner requests

a remand before answering the complaint, or where the court orders the Commissioner to

consider, new, material evidence that was for good cause not presented before the agency. The

Fourth sentence of the statute provides that "[t]he court shall have power to enter, upon the

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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."

42 U.S.C. § 405(g); Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S.292, 296, 113 S.Ct. 2625 (1993).

Here, we remand this case so that the Commissioner may calculate and award SSI

benefits to plaintiff. Accordingly, we direct that judgment be entered reversing the decision of

the ALJ and remanding this case to the Commissioner pursuant to "sentence four" of 42 U.S.C.

§ 405(g).

CONCLUSION

Based on the foregoing, we reverse the decision of the ALJ and remand this case to the

Commissioner for the calculation and award of SSI benefits pursuant to "sentence four" of

section 405(g).

DATED this 16 day of September 2005. th

/s/Beverly Stites Jones 

HON. BEVERLY STITES JONES

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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