Beth K. v. Commissioner of Social Security

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted the parties’ agreed motion to remand a Social Security disability case under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The court reversed the Commissioner’s decision, remanded for rehearing and reconsideration, and directed the Clerk to enter judgment for the plaintiff.

Holdings

1. The court granted the agreed motion and remanded the case to the Commissioner under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for rehearing and reconsideration of the evidence.
2. Upon the sentence four remand, judgment must be entered in favor of Plaintiff.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the parties' agreed motion should be granted and the case remanded under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
2. Whether judgment should be entered in favor of Plaintiff following a sentence four remand.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded