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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:1383 Review of HHS Decision

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, 

Social Security Administration

SHEA LITA BOND, SBN D.C. 469103

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8943

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Shea.Bond@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

BRIAN HODGKISS,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:07-CV-01565-SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and 

REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF

JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF

PLAINTIFF AND AGAINST

DEFENDANT

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 Counsel will instruct the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) to

take the following action:

The Administrative Law Judge will be directed to evaluate the Veterans Administration

conclusion that Plaintiff was disabled as of July 31, 2003 and, if discounting this conclusion,

provide reasons based on the record evidence for doing so; re-evaluate the medical opinion

evidence, including Dr. David Pounds' medical opinion, and provide rationale for accepting or

rejecting this opinion evidence; to reevaluate the claimant's credibility and RFC; and to

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determine whether Plaintiff can return to his past relevant work and/or perform a significant

number of other jobs.

The parties further request that the Clerk of the Court be directed to enter a final

judgment in favor of plaintiff, and against defendant, Commissioner of Social Security, reversing

the final decision of the Commissioner.

 Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July 7, 2008 /s/ Dennis M. Bromberg 

(As authorized via telephone)

DENNIS M. BROMBERG

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: July 7, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Shea Lita Bond 

SHEA LITA BOND

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 8, 2008 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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