Earnest T. v. Commissioner of Social Security

Civil No. 3:25-cv-01861-GCS (S.D. Ill. Apr. 27, 2026) · United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois · April 27, 2026 · No. 3:25-cv-01861-GCS

Summary

The court grants the parties’ agreed motion to remand a Social Security case for further proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The court reverses the Commissioner’s final decision, remands for rehearing and reconsideration of the evidence, and directs 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 was entered in favor of plaintiff.

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the parties' agreed motion should be granted and the Commissioner's final decision remanded under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
  2. Whether judgment should be entered in favor of plaintiff upon a sentence four remand.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded

Cases Cited (3)

  • Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 98 (1991)(followed)
  • Perlman v. Swiss Bank Corp. Comprehensive Disability Protection Plan, 195 F.3d 975, 978 (7th Cir. 1999)(followed)
  • Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 302-303 (1993)(followed)

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