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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

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

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CHRISTINE SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 2:09-cv-709 EFB

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

take the following action:

The ALJ will not disturb the favorable portion of decision. The ALJ will be directed to

fully develop the record for the period prior to February 21, 2008. Specifically, the ALJ will 

further evaluate the evidence, including claimant's subjective complaints and credibility as well

as the third party statements of her sister; reconsider the claimant's maximum RFC; and call on

the services of a medical expert to review the evidence and assist in determining whether the

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claimant's onset date of disability was earlier than February 21, 2008, in accordance with Social

Security Ruling 83-20.

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: May 26, 2010 /s/ Bess Brewer 

(As authorized via email)

BESS BREWER

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: May 26, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

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: May 27, 2010.

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