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111882P.pdf   02/15/2012  Carl Whitney  v.  Michael J. Astrue
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-1882
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge and Melloy,
   Circuit Judge]
Civil case - Social Security. Remanded to the district court to permit the court to determine whether claimant properly submitted new evidence under 20 C.F.R. Sec. 404.970(b); if the court finds the report was timely submitted, it should remand the case to the Appeals Council for a determination as to whether the evidence is new, material and relates to the period on or before the ALJ's decision and, if these requirements are found to be satisfied, for consideration with all of the other evidence in the administrative record. Chief Judge Riley, concurring in part and dissenting in part.