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Harris v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION
Dec 18, 2017
Case No: 8:17-cv-1203-T-17JSS (M.D. Fla. Dec. 18, 2017)

Opinion

Case No: 8:17-cv-1203-T-17JSS

12-18-2017

JACQUELINE HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.

Copies furnished to: The Honorable Elizabeth A. Kovachevich Counsel of Record


REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant's Unopposed Motion for Entry of Judgment with Remand. (Dkt. 18.) Defendant, the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner") requests, under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), that this action be reversed and remanded to the administrative law judge ("ALJ"), for the ALJ's further evaluation of Plaintiff's claim. (Dkt. 18 at 1.) Plaintiff has no objection. (Id.)

Pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the Court has 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." 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). When a case is remanded under sentence four of § 405(g), the district court's jurisdiction over the plaintiff's case is terminated. Jackson v. Chater, 99 F.3d 1086, 1095 (11th Cir. 1996); Sullivan v. Finkelstein, 496 U.S. 617, 625 (1990) (finding that a district court's order remanding under sentence four of § 405(g) "terminated the civil action challenging the Secretary's final determination that respondent was not entitled to benefits"). "Immediate entry of judgment (as opposed to entry of judgment after postremand agency proceedings have been completed and their results filed with the court) is in fact the principal feature that distinguishes a sentence-four remand from a sentence-six remand." Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 297 (1993).

A remand under sentence four of § 405(g) "is based upon a determination that the Commissioner erred in some respect in reaching the decision to deny benefits." Jackson, 99 F.3d at 1095. Here, the Commissioner concedes error by requesting a reversal of the Commissioner's decision. Accordingly, it is

RECOMMENDED:

1. The Commissioner's Unopposed Motion for Entry of Judgment with Remand (Dkt. 18) be GRANTED.

2. The Commissioner's decision denying Plaintiff's application for social security disability insurance benefits be REVERSED.

3. The case be REMANDED to the Commissioner pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings consistent with the reasons stated in the Commissioner's Unopposed Motion (Dkt. 18) and herein.

4. The Clerk of the Court be directed to terminate all other pending motions and close this case.

IT IS SO REPORTED in Tampa, Florida, on December 18, 2017.

/s/_________

JULIE S. SNEED

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

NOTICE TO PARTIES

A party has fourteen days from this date to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation's factual findings and legal conclusions. A party's failure to file written objections waives that party's right to challenge on appeal any unobjected-to factual finding or legal conclusion the district judge adopts from the Report and Recommendation. See 11th Cir. R. 3-1. Copies furnished to:
The Honorable Elizabeth A. Kovachevich
Counsel of Record


Summaries of

Harris v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION
Dec 18, 2017
Case No: 8:17-cv-1203-T-17JSS (M.D. Fla. Dec. 18, 2017)
Case details for

Harris v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Case Details

Full title:JACQUELINE HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION

Date published: Dec 18, 2017

Citations

Case No: 8:17-cv-1203-T-17JSS (M.D. Fla. Dec. 18, 2017)