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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRIAN CARR,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL 

SECURITY,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01021-CDB (SS)

ORDER ON LETTER TO CLERK OF THE 

COURT FROM COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF 

DATED APRIL 4, 2024

Plaintiff Brian Carr (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of an administrative decision of 

the Commissioner of Social Security denying Plaintiff’s claim for disability benefits under the 

Social Security Act. (Doc. 1).

On April 8, 2024, the Undersigned received from the Clerk of the Court a letter from 

Mr. Benjamin P. Feld, counsel for Plaintiff, a copy of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit A. In 

his letter, Mr. Feld asks about the status of the case, and in particular, the status of Plaintiff’s 

motion for summary judgment, which was fully briefed as of July 19, 2022. Mr. Feld also 

states, “[d]espite repeated requests for a status, we have not received a decision” from the Court 

on Plaintiff’s motion.

The Undersigned was appointed to the bench on October 6, 2022, on which date he was 

assigned approximately 442 pending cases, including approximately 85 pending social security 

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cases. Despite his earnest efforts to resolve this extraordinary backlog, the Undersigned regrets 

Plaintiff’s motion has not yet been adjudicated. The Eastern District of California is one of the 

busiest courts in the country and remains under a judicial emergency. Because of judicial 

vacancies, different magistrate judges have been assigned to this case.

Although the Undersigned is not aware of any “repeated requests for a status” in this 

case as claimed by Mr. Feld, the parties are advised that the pending motion will be resolved as 

soon as is practicable given the Court’s tremendous workload.

Accordingly, for the above-stated reasons, Plaintiff’s letter of April 4, 2024, construed 

as a motion for status, is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 8, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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