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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:416 Denial of Social Security Benefits

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

DONNA M. MONTANO

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8985

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Donna.m.montano@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ARTHUR PRINCE, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 2:07-CV-00239-GGH

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF

VOLUNTARY REMAND AND DISMISSAL

OF CASE, WITH DIRECTIONS TO CLERK

TO ENTER JUDGMENT

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and with the

approval of the Court as provided below, that the Commissioner has agreed to a voluntary remand of this

case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings. 

On remand the ALJ will remove pages 216-236 from the administrative record, as these records

do not pertain to claimant, but to another individual. The ALJ will update the evidence from treating

sources to clarify the severity of claimant’s mental and physical impairments. The ALJ will update the

record with medical source statements from psychological and internal medical consultative

examinations, with psychological testing. The ALJ will re-evaluate DA&A and the issue of materiality

pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 416.935. The ALJ will obtain testimony from a medical expert specializing in

psychology to clarify the severity of claimant’s impairments, and if possible determine the severity, with

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2 - Stip & Order of Sentence Four Remand

and without DA&A; re-evaluate all of the medical source statements of record, re-evaluate claimant’s

credibility, and re-evaluate the mother’s testimony pursuant to Social Security Ruling 06-3p. The ALJ

will re-evaluate claimant’s residual functional capacity pursuant o SSR 96-8p; re-evaluate the claimant’s

physical impairments; re-evaluate claimant’s mental impairments pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 416.920a; and

obtain vocational expert testimony at step five of the sequential evaluation.

It is further stipulated that the administrative decision is hereby vacated and that the Clerk of this

Court shall be directed to enter a separate judgment herein, as provided for under Rules 58 and 79(a) of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, pursuant to Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 113 S. Ct. 2625

(1993).

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 30, 2008 /s/ Bess Helena Brewer

(As authorized via telephone)

BESS HELENA BREWER

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: January 30, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Donna M. Montano

DONNA M. MONTANO

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: 02/20/08 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

prince.rem

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