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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Defendant
Bonnie Brown
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

BONNIE BROWN, as mother :

and next friend of SHATICA 

S. BROWN, :

Plaintiff, :

vs. : CA 04-0459-BH-C

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, :

Commissioner of Social Security,

:

Defendant.

JUDGMENT

In accordance with the 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. 

DONE this 25th day of April, 2005.

 

s/ W. B. Hand

SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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