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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 (SSID)

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL, CSBN 230138 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

ASIM H. MODI, NYSBN 4692018 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Social Security Administration 

200 West Adams Street, 30th Floor 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

Telephone: (877) 800-7578 x 19117 

Email: Asim.Modi@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

IAN CLAIR MACDOWELL, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-00065-AC 

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) 

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

 Upon remand, the Appeals Council will remand the case to an administrative law judge 

(ALJ) for a new hearing and decision. The Appeals Council will instruct the ALJ to reevaluate 

the medical opinions, prior administrative medical findings, evidence from nonmedical sources, 

and decisions by other governmental agencies consistent with the requirements of 20 C.F.R. § 

404.1504 and § 404.1520c. As necessary, the ALJ will reassess Plaintiff’s residual functional 

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capacity. If necessary, the ALJ will obtain additional evidence from a medical expert to clarify 

the nature, severity, and effects of Plaintiff’s impairments; additionally, if warranted, the ALJ 

will obtain supplemental vocational expert evidence to clarify the effect of the assessed 

limitations on Plaintiff’s ability to perform other work in the national economy. The ALJ will 

take any further action deemed necessary to develop the record and issue a new decision. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: May 20, 2020 WEEMS LAW OFFICES 

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Robert C. Weems* 

ROBERT C. WEEMS 

*Authorized by email on May 20, 2020 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Date: May 20, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi 

ASIM H. MODI 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

 APPROVED AND SO ORDERED 

 

 

DATED: May 20, 2020 

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