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S.D.N.Y.Substantive rulingFiled Aug. 13, 2020

Alverio v. Commissioner of Social Security

Judge
Lewis Liman
Docket
1:19-cv-06298
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Social SecurityCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Alverio v. Commissioner of Social Security, Judge Liman reversed the agency decision and sent the case back for further proceedings.

Who this affects

Milagros Alverio and the Commissioner of Social Security; the Commissioner must conduct further administrative proceedings after the decision was reversed.

What happened

In Alverio v. Commissioner of Social Security, the court entered judgment reversing the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision.

The case was sent back to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

Judge Lewis Liman’s judgment ended the district-court proceeding by ordering the reversal and remand; the opinion does not state the reasons for the underlying reversal.

The detailed version

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

Case
Alverio v. Commissioner of Social Security · No. 1:19-cv-06298
Judge
Lewis Liman
Date
Aug. 13, 2020

Background

Milagros Alverio brought this action against Andrew Saul, the Commissioner of Social Security. The judgment refers to the court’s August 13, 2020, stipulation and order but does not describe the underlying dispute or the reasons for the Commissioner’s decision.

Ruling

The court ordered that the Commissioner’s decision be reversed and that the action be remanded to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. The remand was made under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), a provision authorizing a federal court to reverse an administrative Social Security decision and send the matter back for further proceedings. The Clerk was directed to enter judgment.

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