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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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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

LYNN HARADA [C.S.B.N. 267616]

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration, Region IX

160 Spear St., Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415-977-8977

Facsimile: 415-744-0134

e-mail: Lynn.Harada@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGELA RICO GONZALEZ,

 Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

 Defendant.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-01142-EPG

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO

VOLUNTARY REMAND PURSUANT TO 

SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) 

AND TO ENTER JUDGMENT

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO 

CLOSE THIS CASE

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Angela Rico Gonzalez (Plaintiff) and 

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

through their respective counsel of record, that this action be remanded for further administrative 

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

sentence four.

On remand, the Appeals Council will remand the case to an administrative law judge (ALJ) to 

hold a new hearing and issue a new decision. The Appeals Council will direct the ALJ to further 

evaluate Plaintiff’s subjective complaints and the third party testimony. The ALJ will also reassess 

Plaintiff’s vocational profile and determine whether she can perform her past relevant work as 

actually or generally performed, or whether other jobs exist in significant numbers in the national 

economy that Plaintiff can perform given her vocational profile and residual functional capacity. 

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The parties further request that 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,

LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING

Date: May 17, 2016 /s/ Lynn Harada for Denise Bourgeois Haley* 

(*As authorized via email)

DENISE BOURGEOIS HALEY

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Date: May 17, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

 BY: /s/ Lynn Harada 

 LYNN HARADA 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER:

The Court has reviewed the parties’ agreement and adopts the stipulation. (Doc. 21). 

Accordingly, this action shall be remanded for further administrative action pursuant sentence four of

42 U.S.C. section 405(g).

On remand, the Appeals Council shall remand the case to an administrative law judge (ALJ) 

to hold a new hearing and issue a new decision. The Appeals Council will direct the ALJ to further 

evaluate Plaintiff’s subjective complaints and the third party testimony. The ALJ shall also reassess 

Plaintiff’s vocational profile and determine whether she can perform her past relevant work as 

actually or generally performed, or whether other jobs exist in significant numbers in the national 

economy that Plaintiff can perform given her vocational profile and residual functional capacity. 

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Further, the Clerk of the Court shall enter a final judgment in favor of Plaintiff Rico Angela 

Gonzalez, and against Defendant, Commissioner of Social Security. The Clerk of the Court is also 

directed to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 19, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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