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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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STIPULATION CASE NO. 2:15-cv-01267-KJN 

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL, CSBN 230138 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

JENNIFER LEE TARN, CSBN 240609 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8825 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

E-Mail: Jennifer.Tarn@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

EDWIN JEROME BULLOCK, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:15-cv-01267-KJN 

STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND TO 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Edwin Jerome Bullock (Plaintiff) and Carolyn 

W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (Defendant), by and through their respective 

counsel of record, that this action be remanded for further administrative action pursuant to section 

205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. section 405(g), sentence four. 

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STIPULATION CASE NO. 2:15-cv-01267-KJN 

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On remand, the Commissioner will instruct the Administrative Law Judge to provide Plaintiff an 

opportunity to update the record; reevaluate the nature and severity of Plaintiff’s back impairment; 

reassess the residual functional capacity; if warranted, obtain evidence from a medical expert; and, if 

warranted, obtain supplemental evidence from a vocational expert. The parties further request that the 

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

reversing the final decision of the Commissioner. 

 

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: May 5, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

 

 By: /s/ Jennifer Lee Tarn 

 JENNIFER LEE TARN 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorney for Defendant 

Date: May 13, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING 

By: /s/ Denise Bourgeois Haley* 

DENISE BOURGEOIS HALEY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

(*As authorized by e-mail on May 13, 2016) 

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STIPULATION Case No. 2:15-cv-1267-KJN 

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ORDER 

 Based on the parties’ stipulation to voluntarily remand the action pursuant to sentence four of 42 

U.S.C. § 405(g) (ECF No. 20), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The final decision of the Commissioner is REVERSED. 

2. The action is remanded to the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with this 

stipulation and order pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 

3. Judgment is entered for plaintiff. 

4. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 14) is DENIED as moot. 

5. The Clerk of Court shall close this case. 

Dated: May 18, 2016 

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