Goodwin v. Astrue

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RICHARD G. KOPF, District Judge.

This social security appeal is in an unusual procedural posture. For reasons I shall explain, I will reverse the decision of the Commissioner and remand this action pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

I BACKGROUND

Plaintiff filed an application for disability and supplemental security income benefits on May 16, 2002. She initially alleged the onset of her disability was December 11, 2001, and then changed the onset date to May 16, 2002. That application was denied by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) on April 30, 2004. The…