Mary Pierre o/b/o John Clark, Jr. v. Social Security Administration

Summary

The court grants the Commissioner’s unopposed motion for judgment and remand in a Social Security disability benefits case. It reverses the Administrative Law Judge’s decision and remands the matter under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings.

Holdings

1. A sentence-four remand is appropriate when the record is insufficient to support the Commissioner's conclusions and further fact-finding is necessary; such a remand requires the district court to enter a merits decision reversing, affirming, or modifying the Commissioner's decision before remanding.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should grant the Commissioner's unopposed motion for judgment and remand under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
2. Whether the administrative decision should be reversed and remanded for further administrative proceedings because the record was insufficient to support the Commissioner's conclusions and further fact-finding was necessary.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded