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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 (DIWC)

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JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO, CSBN 44332

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS, SBN CO 15153

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

LEO R. MONTENEGRO, SBN NY 2616118

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8983

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Leo.R.Montenegro@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES FORD, ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-00637-RMW

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) STIPULATION FOR REMAND

) PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), AND REQUEST

Commissioner of Social Security, ) FOR JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF

Defendant. ) 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 actions:

The ALJ will grant Plaintiff a new hearing, and Plaintiff may submit new evidence. The

ALJ will obtain the testimony of a medical expert to review the medical evidence relating to the

period prior to December 3, 2007, and provide guidance regarding the nature and severity of

Plaintiff’s impairments and an earlier date of onset.

AND ORDER*E-FILED - 1/21/10*

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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, Commissioner of Social Security, reversing the final

decision of the Commissioner.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 6, 2010 /s/ James Hunt Miller 

(as authorized via telephone)

JAMES HUNT MILLER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

United States Attorney

Dated: January 6, 2010 By s/ Leo R. Montenegro 

LEO R. MONTENEGRO

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

OF COUNSEL TO DEFENDANT:

DANIEL P. TALBERT

Assistant Regional Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED:

DATED:________________________ _________________________________

RONALD M. WHYTE

UNITED STATE DISTRICT JUDGE

1/21/10

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