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Nature of Suit Code: 865
Nature of Suit: Social Security - RSI (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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Findley v. Colvin, 5:14-cv-03581-BLF – Stip.to Remand 1

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MELINDA L. HAAG, CSBN 132612 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL CSBN 230138 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

RICHARD M. RODRIGUEZ 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8926 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

E-Mail: richard.rodriguez@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARTIN ERIC FINDLEY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 5:14-CV-03581-BLF 

STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND TO 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff, Martin Eric Findley and 

Defendant, Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (Defendant) through 

their respective counsel of record, and with the approval of the Court, that the Commissioner of 

Social Security has agreed to a voluntary remand of this case for further administrative action 

pursuant to 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. section 405(g) sentence four. 

Upon remand, the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review’s Appeal Council will 

remand this case to an administrative law judge (ALJ) for further development of the record, a 

new hearing, and decision. 

The Appeals Council will instruct the ALJ to re-evaluate the medical evidence, including, 

all medical source opinion evidence concerning Plaintiff’s mental impairments, particularly 

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Farhan Matin, M.D.’s post hearing opinion and explain the weight given to all opinion evidence 

consistent with 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1527, 416.927, and Social Security Rulings (SSR) 96-2p and 96-

5p. If necessary, the ALJ may utilize the assistance of a medical expert to aid in this evaluation. 

Based upon the expanded record, the Appeals Council will instruct the ALJ to reassess the 

credibility of Plaintiff’s subjective complaints consistent with 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1529, 416.929; 

and SSR 96-7p. 

As required by the re-evaluation of the evidence, the Appeals Council will also instruct the 

ALJ to reassess Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity, and obtain supplemental vocational expert 

testimony to determine whether Plaintiff could perform any other work existing in significant 

numbers in the national economy given his age, education, vocational factors, and residual 

functional capacity, as his past relevant work is precluded by the ALJ’s previous findings. 

Plaintiff may present new arguments and evidence. The ALJ may perform further 

development and conduct further proceedings as necessary. 

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

favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, reversing the final decision of the Commissioner. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

Date: August 12, 2015 /s/Lisa Douglass 

 Lisa Douglass, Attorney at Law, CSBN 269133 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 *By email authorization on August 11, 2015 

Date: August 12, 2015 MELINDA L. HAAG 

 United States Attorney 

 

 By: /s/Richard M. Rodriguez 

 Richard M. Rodriguez 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED: 

DATED:________________________ _________________________________ 

 BETH LABSON FREEMAN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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