CULCLASURE v. COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL CULCLASURE : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 18-1543 : COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL : SECURITY ADMINISTRATION : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. June 15, 2020 Social Security claimant Michael Culclasure persuaded us to remand the Commissioner’s order denying him benefits because the Commissioner and the President did not properly appoint the administrative law judge who decided his case as required by the Appointments Clause. We did not follow Judge Hart’s reasoned Report and Recommendation we deny remand. We instead followed…