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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SBN SC 9990

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS, SBN CO 15153

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, 

Social Security Administration

ELIZABETH FIRER, SBN WI 1034148

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8943

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

STUART R. LOBENBERG, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 06-07087 RMW

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

REMAND

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the undersigned for the respective parties, subject to the

approval of the Court, that this action be remanded to the Defendant, Commissioner of Social Security,

pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings. The purpose of the remand is to

offer Plaintiff a new hearing and decision.

Upon remand, the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review will remand this case to an 

Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and direct him or her to affirm the favorable determination made on a

subsequent application, granting benefits the day after the administrative decision at issue in this matter. 

The ALJ will be further directed to evaluate the records from Thomas Marra, Ph.D., and explain the

weight given to the doctor’s opinion. Finally, the ALJ will be directed to obtain medical expert

testimony in order to clarify the nature and severity of Plaintiff’s impairments and to determine whether

*E-FILED - 8/21/07*

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an earlier onset date would be appropriate.

Dated: July 24, 2007 /s/ James Hunt Miller 

 (As authorized via e-mail on July 24, 2007)

JAMES HUNT MILLER

Attorney for Plaintiff

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

Dated: July 11, 2007 By: /s/ Elizabeth Firer 

Special Assistant United States Attorney

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that this action is reversed and remanded to the

Commissioner of Social Security, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further

proceedings.

Dated: __________________ _____________________________

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

8/21/07

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