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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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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration

KATHRYN R. WATSON

Special Assistant United States Attorney

California Bar No. 244142

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8928

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: kathryn.watson@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MARQUEL T. A. by and through )

his guardian ad litem KIM )

LUMINARIAS,, )

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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. 1:09-CV-00786-JLT

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

REMAND

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective

counsel of record, that this action be remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further

administrative action pursuant to section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42

U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence four.

On remand, the Appeals Council will instruct the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to take

the following action: The ALJ will give the claimant an opportunity for a new hearing, be directed to

arrange for the opinion of a medical expert pursuant to Howard ex rel Wolff v. Barnhart, 341 F.3d 1006

(9th Cir. 2003). The ALJ will further consider the evidence contained in the subsequent application as it

is material to the period before him, further consider the lay witness evidence regarding the claimant’s

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subjective complaints, and further evaluate the claimant's mental impairments. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 9, 2010 /s/ Lawrence D. Rohlfing 

(As authorized by phone)

LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: April 9, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Kathryn R. Watson 

KATHRYN R. WATSON

 Special Assistant United States Attorney

ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation of the Parties, the Court orders remand of this matter to the

Commissioner of the Social Security Administration for further proceedings pursuant to sentence 4 of 42

U.S.C. § 405(g). The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against

Defendant Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 12, 2010 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

9j7khi UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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