(SS) Thornberry v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JENNIFER THORNBERRY, Case No. 1:21-cv-00543-AWI-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PARTIES’ JOINT

MOTION TO REMAND UNDER SENTENCE

v. FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), REVERSING

FINAL DECISION AND REMANDING

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, CASE

ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY, (Doc. No. 13) Defendant. 17 18 Pending before the Court is the Parties’ Joint Motion to Remand filed June 6, 2022. (Doc. No. 13). Plaintiff Jennifer Thornberry and the Commissioner of Social Security agree that this case should be remanded for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Id.). The United States Supreme Court held that the Social Security Act permits remand in conjunction with a judgment either affirming, reversing, or modifying the Secretary’s decision. See Melkonyan v. Sullian, 501 U.S. 89, 97-98 (1991) (addressing issue of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access…