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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

CAROL S. CLARK MOBN 42670

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8975

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Carol.S.Clark@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

JOHANNA ROBINNEIL BRITT,

Plaintiff,

ANDREW SAUL,

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Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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No. 2:19-cv-01137-DB

 STIPULATION FOR REMAND

 AND ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Johanna Robinneil Britt 

(Plaintiff) and Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner 

or Defendant), through their respective counsel of record, that this action be 

 

1 Andrew Saul is now the Commissioner of Social Security and is automatically substituted as a 

party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). See also section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 

USC § 405(g)(action survives regardless of any change in the person occupying the office of 

Commissioner of Social Security). 

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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) for a new decision. The Appeals Council will instruct the ALJ to 

reevaluate the Plaintiff’s alleged symptoms pursuant to Social Security Ruling 16-

3p, further consider the severity of Plaintiff’s obesity and its effects pursuant to 

Social Security Ruling 19-2p, and reevaluate the medical evidence of record and 

Plaintiff’s residual function capacity; and take further action as warranted to 

complete the administrative record and issue a new decision. 

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,

Dated: February 6, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Carol S. Clark 

CAROL S. CLARK

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

By: /s/ Dominique Venna Ramer________ DOMINIQUE VENNA RAMER

Attorney for Plaintiff (signature authorized 

by email on February 6, 2020)

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 7, 2020 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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