Brown v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

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3 4 5 6 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

10 JOHNATHON R. BROWN, Civil No. 2:20-CV-01547-MAT 11 Plaintiff,

12 vs. ORDER

14 Defendant.

15 Based on the stipulation of the parties, it is ORDERED that the Commissioner’s 16 decision in regard to Plaintiff’s application for benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security 17 Act is REVERSED and REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further 18 administrative proceedings. Upon remand, the Appeals Council shall instruct the Administrative 19 Law Judge to reevaluate the severity of the claimant’s mental impairments; consider the medical 20 opinions of record and prior administrative findings, consistent with 20 C.F.R. § 416.920c; 21 reassess the claimant’s residual functional capacity, consistent with 20 C.F.R. § 416.945, Social 22 Security Ruling (SSR) 85-15 and SSR 96-8p; and proceed with the sequential evaluation as 23 necessary. 24 1 This Court hereby REVERSES the Commissioner’s decision under sentence four of 42 2 U.S.C. § 405(g) and REMANDS the case to the Commissioner for further administrative 3 proceedings. See Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991). 4 DATED this 11th day of May, 2021. 5 A

6 United States Magistrate Judge 8

10 Presented by:

11 s/ Shata L. Stucky SHATA L. STUCKY 12 Special Assistant United States Attorney Office of the General Counsel 13 Social Security Administration 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 M/S 221A 14 Seattle, WA 98104-7050 Telephone: (206) 615-2909 15 Fax: (206) 615-2531 shata.stucky@ssa.gov 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24