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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

ROSAMARIA LOPEZ,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ANDREW SAUL,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:20-cv-00060-BAM

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S EX 

PARTE APPLICATION TO STAY 

ACTION 

(Doc. 13)

Currently pending before the Court is Defendant’s Ex Parte Application to Stay Action 

filed on May 1, 2020. (Doc. 13.) Defendant explains that due to the COVID-19 health 

emergency, Defendant is presently unable to produce the Administrative Record necessary to 

answer and adjudicate this action. Accordingly, Defendant requests to stay this action. Having 

considered the application, the Court finds good cause to grant the stay of this action until 

Defendant regains the ability to produce the Administrative Record.1

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is stayed until such time as the 

Social Security Administration regains the capacity to produce the Administrative Record 

necessary to answer and adjudicate this case. The stay of this matter shall automatically lift upon 

1 This case is not addressed by General Order No. 615 because it was filed before February 1, 2020. 

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the Defendant’s filing of the Administrative Record. Thereafter, case deadlines will proceed 

according the Court’s previously filed case management order and the local rules. No motion or 

other notification will be required to lift the stay.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 1, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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