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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Aug. 13, 2025

Cardoso v. Colvin

Judge
Analisa Torres
Docket
1:25-cv-00504
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Social SecurityCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Cardoso v. Bisignano, Judge Torres reversed the Commissioner’s decision and remanded the Social Security matter for further administrative action.

Who this affects

Domingos Desousa Cardoso’s Social Security matter was sent back to the Commissioner for further administrative action, and the case was dismissed under the procedure cited by the court.

What happened

In Domingos Desousa Cardoso v. Frank Bisignano, the court entered a judgment based on the parties’ consent order dated August 12, 2025. The opinion excerpt does not explain the underlying dispute or the parties’ reasons for agreeing to remand.

The court reversed the Commissioner’s final decision and sent the matter back to the Commissioner for further administrative action. The court also dismissed the matter under the procedure described in Melkonyan v. Sullivan.

Judge Analisa Torres is identified in the case information, and the judgment was entered on August 13, 2025. The judgment was signed by the clerk’s office.

The detailed version

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

Case
Cardoso v. Colvin · No. 1:25-cv-00504
Judge
Analisa Torres
Date
Aug. 13, 2025

Background

The opinion is a judgment following a consent order dated August 12, 2025. The excerpt does not describe the underlying Social Security claim, the Commissioner’s reasoning, or the parties’ specific arguments.

Ruling

The court ordered that the Commissioner’s final decision be reversed and that the matter be remanded to the Commissioner for further administrative action. A remand sends the matter back to the agency for additional proceedings. The court also ordered that the matter be dismissed in accordance with Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991). The excerpt does not state what further administrative action is required.

Disposition

The judgment was dated August 13, 2025. It was entered by the clerk’s office on behalf of the court.

The authoritative version

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