(SS) Lopez v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN PAUL LOPEZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-01755-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, ACTING REMANDING CASE1
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, (Doc. No. 19) Defendant. ORDER MOOTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
17 (Doc. No. 16) 18 Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to remand filed September 13, 2022. (Doc. No. 19). Plaintiff John Paul Lopez 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,…