Tairra Childers v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

Summary

The magistrate judge recommends granting the Commissioner’s unopposed motion to remand Tairra Childers’s Social Security disability case for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The report explains the distinction between sentence-four and sentence-six remands and advises that objections be filed within fourteen days.

Holdings

1. A district court may remand a Social Security case for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and the requested remand should be granted.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Commissioner's unopposed motion should be granted and the case remanded for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
2. What statutory mechanisms authorize a district court to remand a Social Security case to the Commissioner.

Disposition

remanded