Kareem Tavares Martin v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas adopted the magistrate judge’s Recommended Disposition without objection. The court reversed the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision and remanded the case for further proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

Holdings

1. The court approved and adopted the Recommended Disposition in its entirety as the court's findings and conclusions.
2. The claimant met the threshold of showing that the error was not harmless, warranting reversal of the Commissioner's decision.
3. The Commissioner's decision was reversed and the case was remanded for further proceedings as a sentence-four remand under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

Questions Presented

1. Whether the district court should approve and adopt the magistrate judge's Recommended Disposition after the objection period expired without objections.
2. Whether the Commissioner's Social Security decision should be reversed and remanded under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) because the claimant demonstrated that an error was not harmless.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded