THORNTON v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, 15-0114. (2016)
Court: District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Number: infdco20160420a50
Visitors: 8
Filed: Mar. 30, 2016
Latest Update: Mar. 30, 2016
Summary: JUDGMENT REBECCA F. DOHERTY , District Judge . This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst for Report and Recommendation. After an independent review of the record, and noting the absence of any objections, this Court concludes that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own. Accordingly, IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Commissioner's decision is REMAN
Summary: JUDGMENT REBECCA F. DOHERTY , District Judge . This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst for Report and Recommendation. After an independent review of the record, and noting the absence of any objections, this Court concludes that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own. Accordingly, IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Commissioner's decision is REMAND..
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JUDGMENT
REBECCA F. DOHERTY, District Judge.
This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst for Report and Recommendation. After an independent review of the record, and noting the absence of any objections, this Court concludes that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own.
Accordingly, IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Commissioner's decision is REMANDED to the Commissioner for further administrative action pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).1 This includes, but does not limit, sending the case to the hearing level with instructions to the Administrative Law Judge to evaluate the opinions of claimant's treating physician, Dr. Legnon, and the sources at Tyler Mental Health Center, and to obtain an updated residual functional capacity assessment. Claimant shall be afforded the opportunity to submit additional evidence and to testify at a supplemental hearing.
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1. A fourth sentence remand constitutes a "final judgment" that triggers the filing period for an EAJA fee application. Shalala v. Schaeffer, 509 U.S. 292, 113 S.Ct. 2625, 2631 (1993); Freeman v. Shalala, 2 F.3d 552 (5th Cir. 1993).
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