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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Apr. 18, 2025

Moreira v. Commissioner of Social Security

Judge
Vernon Broderick
Docket
1:24-cv-05043
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Social SecurityCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Moreira v. Commissioner, Judge Broderick reversed the Commissioner’s decision and remanded the case for a hearing and new decision.

Who this affects

Moreira and the Commissioner of Social Security; the Commissioner must conduct further proceedings, offer Moreira a hearing, and issue a new decision.

What happened

In Moreira v. Commissioner of Social Security, the court reviewed a dispute over the Commissioner’s decision.

The opinion does not explain the underlying facts or the reasons for the Commissioner’s decision. It states that the court acted for the reasons given in a stipulation and order dated April 18, 2025.

Judge Vernon Broderick’s court reversed the Commissioner’s decision and sent the case back for further administrative proceedings. The Commissioner must offer Moreira a hearing and issue a new decision. The case was closed.

The detailed version

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

Case
Moreira v. Commissioner of Social Security · No. 1:24-cv-05043
Judge
Vernon Broderick
Date
Apr. 18, 2025

Background

The opinion is a judgment in Moreira’s Social Security case against the Commissioner of Social Security. It does not describe the underlying claim, the administrative record, or the reasons for the Commissioner’s decision. The judgment states that the court’s action is based on a stipulation and order dated April 18, 2025.

Ruling

The court reversed the Commissioner’s decision and remanded, or sent back, the case under the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings. On remand, the Commissioner must offer Moreira an opportunity for a hearing and issue a new decision. The court stated that the case was closed. The judgment was entered by the clerk of court, and the assigned judge supplied for this case is Vernon Broderick.

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