(SS) Barrett v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN REESE BARRETT, Case No. 1:22-cv-00700-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PARTIES’
STIPULATED MOTION TO REMAND
v. UNDER SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), REVERSING FINAL DECISION AND KILOLO KIJAKAZI, REMANDING CASE 1 Acting Commissioner of Social Security (Doc. No. 10) Defendant.
17 Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated motion to remand filed September 7, 2022. (Doc. No. 10). Plaintiff Steven Reese Barrett 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. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 97-98 (1991) (addressing issue of attorney’s fees under the Equal…