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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Apr. 16, 2025

Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Social Security

Judge
Lewis Liman
Docket
1:24-cv-04235
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Social SecurityCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Social Security, Judge Liman reversed the Commissioner’s decision and remanded the case for further administrative proceedings.

Who this affects

Eleazar Rodriguez and the Commissioner of Social Security; the case returns to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings.

What happened

In Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Social Security, the court considered the Commissioner’s decision concerning the plaintiff’s Social Security claim. The opinion does not explain the underlying claim or the reasons for the original decision.

The court acted under a stipulation and order dated April 16, 2025. The judgment states that the Commissioner’s decision was reversed and that the case was sent back to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings.

Judge Liman is identified as the judge in the case information provided. The judgment was dated April 16, 2025, and cites the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) as the basis for the remand.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Rodriguez v. Commissioner of Social Security · No. 1:24-cv-04235
Judge
Lewis Liman
Date
Apr. 16, 2025

Background

The plaintiff is Eleazar Rodriguez, and the defendant is the Commissioner of Social Security. The supplied judgment does not describe the underlying Social Security claim, the administrative decision, or the parties’ specific arguments.

Ruling

The judgment states that, for the reasons given in the court’s stipulation and order dated April 16, 2025, the Commissioner’s decision was reversed. The action was remanded to the Commissioner under the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings. The judgment cites Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292 (1993).

Disposition

The court entered judgment reversing the Commissioner’s decision and remanding the action for further administrative proceedings. The judgment is dated April 16, 2025.

The authoritative version

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