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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

CHANTAL R. JENKINS, PA SBN 307531

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8931

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Chantal.Jenkins@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

AMBER DAWN MERRIOTT,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

TO REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and 

with the approval of the Court, that the Commissioner has agreed to a voluntary remand of this 

case for further administrative proceedings, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

Upon remand, the Appeals Council will remand the case to a different Administrative 

Law Judge to issue a new decision. The Appeals Council will direct the Administrative Law 

Judge to offer Plaintiff the opportunity for a new hearing and reevaluate Plaintiff’s subjective 

complaints; reevaluate Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity; and, as necessary, obtain 

supplemental evidence from a vocational expert. The parties further request that the Clerk of the 

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Court be directed to enter a final judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, reversing 

the final decision of the Commissioner. 

As noted, this stipulation constitutes a remand under the fourth sentence of Section 

205(g) of the Social Security Act. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 6, 2020 /s/ Stuart T. Barasch by Chantal R. Jenkins*

*As authorized via email on April 6, 2020

Stuart T. Barasch 

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: April 6, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

 By: /s/ Chantal R. Jenkins 

CHANTAL R. JENKINS

Special Assistant United States Attorney

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 8, 2020 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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