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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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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

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant United States Attorney

California Bar No. 214624

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8924

Fax: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Armand.Roth@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CEDRIC J. BRONNER, )

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 Plaintiff, ) CIVIL NO. 09-cv-02070-JW

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 v. ) STIPULATION AND ORDER OF REMAND

 ) 

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) 

Commissioner of Social Security, ) 

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 Defendant. ) 

______________________________)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the undersigned for the respective parties, subject to the

approval of the Court, that this action be remanded to the Defendant, Commissioner of Social Security,

for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and judgment entered for

Plaintiff. 

Upon remand, the Appeals Council will instruct the Administrative Law Judge to do the

following:

(1) provide a specific evaluation of the severity and effects of the plaintiff's impairments,

including substance abuse, in accord with 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520a, 416.920a, or include

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sufficient rationale with references to evidence of record to support a conclusion of disability. 

(2) update the record, and if warranted, obtain supplemental evidence from a consultative

examiner or a testifying medical expert.

(3) further evaluate and clearly define the plaintiff's residual functional capacity, and if

warranted, obtain supplemental evidence from a vocational expert. 

(4) If the plaintiff is found to be disabled considering the effects of substance abuse, conduct the

further proceedings required to determine whether substance abuse is a contributing factor

material to the determination of disability.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Ilsa Branch *

ILSA BRANCH 

Plaintiff’s Attorney

* by Armand Roth by email authorization of 5/4/2010

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

Dated: May 10, 2010 By: /s/ Armand Roth

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant United States Attorney

OF COUNSEL:

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The Clerk is ordered to ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR of Plaintiff and against Defendant.

DATED ______________ 

HONORABLE HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

JAMES WARE 

DISTRICT JUDGE All pending motions are denied as MOOT. 

May 12, 2010 

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