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Parties Involved:
Leo Franklin
Plaintiff
Social Security Administration
Defendant

Document Text:

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Michael J. Astrue was sworn in as the Commissioner of Social Security on February 12, 2007.

He is therefore substituted for Jo Anne B. Barnhart pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 25(d)(1).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

LEO FRANKLIN PLAINTIFF

v. 5:06CV00194 JTR

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

Commissioner, Social 

Security Administration,1 DEFENDANT

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. The motion states that Plaintiff has 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). 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Remand (docket entry #11) 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 16th day of April, 2007.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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