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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:402 Social Security Benefits

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL, CSBN 230138

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

S. WYETH MCADAM, CSBN 223876

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 268-5610

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Wyeth.McAdam@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

DEBORAH ANN ESPINOSA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-01789-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AN 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RECORD

Pending the Court’s approval, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the 

parties, through their respective counsel of record, that the time for Defendant to file and serve 

the answer and certified administrative record be extended thirty (30) days from March 31, 2020, 

up to and including April 30, 2020. This is the parties’ first stipulation for an extension. 

Defendant requests this extension because the Commissioner is unable to access the 

administrative record. The Commissioner’s business process for preparing certified 

administrative records requires agency staff in the Office of Appellate Operations (OAO) in Falls 

Church, Virginia to compile the record, copy it to an encrypted compact disc (CD), and mail the 

CD to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. As a result of the public health and safety measures arising 

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from COVID-19, the physical workspaces of the OAO and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are closed. 

Staff from the U.S. Attorney’s Office prepared for the closure by downloading every 

administrative record that the office had received from the OAO and preparing to file those 

records from an alternative work site. However, the U.S. Attorney’s Office had not yet received 

the administrative record in this case. At this time, it is unknown whether the record has arrived 

at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the interim, or if the creation of the record is still in progress at 

the OAO.

In addition, the undersigned counsel cannot obtain another copy of the administrative 

record at this time. The public health emergency pandemic has significantly impacted operations 

in OAO. OAO employees are unable to access their physical offices where this work occurs, and 

accordingly OAO staff cannot compile records or resend a previously created record to an 

alternate location. 

While Defendant is seeking alternative business processes to overcome these physical 

barriers, it currently does not have a solution. Therefore, Defendant requests an extension of 30 

days to file the administrative record.

The parties further stipulate that the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified 

accordingly. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: March 27, 2020 /s/ Jonathan O. Pena 

(*as authorized via e-mail on March 27, 2020)

JONATHAN O. PENA

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: March 27, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ S. Wyeth McAdam 

S. WYETH McADAM

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED that Defendant shall have an 

extension, up to and including April 30, 2020, to file the answer and administrative record.

Dated: March 30, 2020

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