Opinion
No. 4:19cv00135-BRW-JJV
10-16-2019
DOUGLAS E. RICE, Plaintiff, v. ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Defendant.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
Defendant filed an unopposed Motion to Remand this case (Doc. No. 13) 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 to conduct further proceedings and states opposing counsel 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).
Accordingly, the Commissioner's decision is reversed and remanded for action consistent with this opinion. This is a "sentence four" remand within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991).
SO ORDERED this 16th day of October 2019.
/s/_________
JOE J. VOLPE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE