Sheri N. Pym
How Judge Pym rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Pym decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In a benefits remand, the court required the administrative decisionmaker to reconcile vocational testimony with the occupational evidence rather than accept an unexplained conflict.
“The ALJ erred in failing to obtain a reasonable explanation for the VE’s deviation from the DOT or resolving the apparent conflict.”
In a consent immigration case, the court found that release on parole created a protected liberty interest and that all three procedural-due-process factors favored the petitioner after re-detention without a prior hearing.
“In sum, given petitioner’s strong interest in being free from immigration detention, the high risk of erroneous deprivation of his liberty interest, the high value of additional procedural safeguards, and the lack of government interest in detaining petitioner without additional process, all three of the Mathews factors strongly favor petitioner.”
The court granted emergency release where the petitioner showed both a strong merits case and unusually urgent, case-specific harm that a later bond hearing would not cure.
“The inability to do so because of a detention scheme previously found unlawful by this court constitutes an irreparable injury of the highest order.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Judgment shall be entered REVERSING the decision of the Commissioner denying benefits, and REMANDING the matter to the Commissioner for further administrative action consistent with this decision.”
“ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym. Fees and expenses in the amount of $5,400.00 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412 be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. (kca)”
“IT IS HEREBY ADJUDGED that the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is REVERSED and this matter REMANDED, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings consistent with the court's Memorandum Opinion and Order filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Judgment.”
“ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym. Fees and expenses in the amount of $3,250.00 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412, be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. (kca)”
“IT IS HEREBY ADJUDGED that the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is REVERSED and this matter REMANDED, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings consistent with the court's Memorandum Opinion and Order filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Judgment.”
“ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym. Gees and expenses in the amount of $3,630.00 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412, and costs in the amount of $400.00 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1920, be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. (kca)”
“IT IS HEREBY ADJUDGED that the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration is REVERSED and this matter REMANDED, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings consistent with the court's Memorandum Opinion and Order filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Judgment.”
“ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym. Gees and expenses in the amount of $2700 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 2412 be awarded subject to the terms of the Stipulation. (kca)”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Judgment shall be entered REVERSING the decision of the Commissioner denying benefits, and REMANDING the matter to the Commissioner for further administrative action consistent with this decision.”
“ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym. Fees under theEqual Access to Justice Act, (‘EAJA) in the amount of TWO THOUSAND FIVEHUNDRED DOLLARS and 00/cents ($2,500.00), as authorized by 28 U.S.C. §2412 (d), and subject to the terms and conditions of the Stipulation. (kca)”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Judgment shall be entered REVERSING the decision of the Commissioner denying benefits, and REMANDING the matter to the Commissioner for further administrative action consistent with this decision.”
“ORDER AWARDING EAJA FEES by Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym. Fees are awarded in the amount of TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY-TWO DOLLARS AND 18/100 ($2,142.18) subject to the terms of the stipulation. (kca)”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The stratified sample combines nine closed benefits cases with six current immigration-detention matters. The older cases typically lasted well over a year, while the six 2026 matters reached the recorded ruling or dismissal within five to sixty-nine days.
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