Hanson v. Chater

ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO REMAND

BENNETT, District Judge.

This motion to remand requires the court to examine the parameters of the district court’s authority to remand a social security disability case under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The plaintiff commenced this action to obtain judicial review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”). 1 After filing an answer to the plaintiffs complaint, the defendant Commissioner moved to remand this case for additional proceedings before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).…