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Parties Involved:
Michael J. Astrue
Defendant
Sandra Leah Helton
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

SANDRA LEAH HELTON, :

Plaintiff, :

vs. : CA 06-0670-C

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, :

Commissioner of Social Security, 

:

Defendant.

JUDGMENT

In accordance with the memorandum opinion and order entered on this

date, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the

decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying plaintiff benefits be

reversed and remanded pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), see

Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 111 S.Ct. 2157, 115 L.Ed.2d 78 (1991),

for further proceedings not inconsistent with this decision. The remand

pursuant to sentence four of § 405(g) makes the plaintiff a prevailing party for

purposes of the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412, Shalala v.

Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 112 S.Ct. 2625, 125 L.Ed.2d 239 (1993), and 

terminates this Court’s jurisdiction over this matter. 

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DONE this 27th day of July, 2007.

s/WILLIAM E. CASSADY 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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