Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

CourtDistrict Court, D. South Carolina
DecidedSeptember 22, 2021
Docket1:21-cv-00328
StatusUnknown

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Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration, (D.S.C. 2021).

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Kimberly S.,1 ) C/A No.: 1:21-cv-328-SVH ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) ORDER Kilolo Kijakazi,2 Acting ) Commissioner of Social Security ) Administration, ) ) Defendant. ) )

Defendant, Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”), by her attorneys, M. Rhett DeHart, Acting United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and Marshall Prince, Assistant United States Attorney for said district, has moved this court, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), to enter a judgment with an order of reversal with remand of the cause to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. [ECF No. 19]. The motion represents that Plaintiff’s counsel consents to the motion.

1 The Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States has recommended that, due to significant privacy concerns in social security cases, federal courts should refer to claimants only by their first names and last initials. 2 Kilolo Kijakazi became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on July 9, 2021. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), she is substituted for former Pursuant to the power of this court to enter a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the Commissioner’s decision with remand in Social Security actions under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and given the Commissioner’s request for remand, this court hereby reverses the Commissioner’s decision under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) with a remand of the cause to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292 (1993). Upon remand, the Appeals Council shall vacate the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ’s”) decision and refer the case to an ALJ to complete the record, further evaluate the evidence, provide Plaintiff an opportunity for another hearing, and issue

a new decision. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter a separate judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 58. IT IS SO ORDERED. PP U feeder” September 22, 2021 Shiva V. Hodges Columbia, South Carolina United States Magistrate Judge

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Shalala v. Schaefer
509 U.S. 292 (Supreme Court, 1993)

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