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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Review Agency Decision

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ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348) 

United States Attorney 

SARA WINSLOW (DCBN 457643) 

Chief, Civil Division 

KIMBERLY A. ROBINSON (DCBN 999022) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-7298 

FAX: (415) 436-6748 

Kimberly.robinson3@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant ALEX M. AZAR II 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

STEVEN BRUCE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ALEX M. AZAR II, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. 4:18-cv-05022-HSG 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

ENLARGE THE TIME TO TRANSMIT AND 

FILE THE CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE 

RECORD 

 Plaintiff Steven Bruce and Federal Defendant Alex M. Azar II, by and through counsel, hereby 

stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS the parties had agreed that Federal Defendant would file and transmit the 

Administrative Record by December 19, 2018 (Dkt. 20); 

WHEREAS Federal Defendant, at the time the joint stipulation was entered into, had already 

placed a request with agency staff to prepare the Administrative Record, and where there was no 

indication at that time of future budget issues, which would impede timely transmission and filing; 

WHEREAS in the final stages of preparing the Administrative Record, Federal Defendant 

encountered unforeseen budget issues; 

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WHEREAS the budget issues have resulted in insufficient funding for a certified transcription of 

one of the three hearing transcripts; 

WHEREAS Federal Defendant is unable to certify a partial record and thus transmission and 

filing of a certified Administrative Record on the stipulated date of December 19, 2018 is no longer 

possible; 

WHEREAS Federal Defendant still seeks to abide by the Court-ordered deadline of December 

19, 2018 to provide the Administrative Record to Plaintiff by December 19, 2018 and by the Courtordered deadline to meet and confer about the content of the record and file a statement by January 4, 

2019 (Dkt. 50); 

NOW THEREFORE the parties hereby STIPULATE that Federal Defendant will produce to 

Plaintiff an uncertified Administrative Record on December 19, 2018, which will contain all documents 

relied upon by Federal Defendant in making the decisions in Plaintiff’s cases, transcripts from two of 

Plaintiff’s hearings before Federal Defendant, and an audio file from one of the hearings before Federal 

Defendant, so that the parties can meet their court-ordered meet and confer requirements set forth in the 

Court’s December 4, 2018 Minute Entry (Dkt. 50); 

The parties further STIPULATE, pursuant to Local Rule 6-1(a), that by January 30, 2019 or 

sooner, if at all possible, Federal Defendant will transmit and file the certified Administrative Record or 

provide Plaintiff with a status update regarding the certification of the Administrative Record; 

The parties further STIPULATE that although Federal Defendant does not believe there will be 

any discrepancies between the uncertified record being furnished to Plaintiff on December 19, 2018 and 

the certified record being transmitted and filed at a later date, to the extent there are unforeseen 

differences, Federal Defendant will highlight such differences upon transmission of the certified record; 

Nothing in this Stipulation shall preclude Plaintiff from seeking relief in the event the uncertified 

or certified record does not contain all documents relied upon and/or mentioned by the Medicare 

Appeals Council or the Administrative Law Judges in issuing their decisions; 

The parties further STIPULATE that the certified Administrative Record will be lodged under 

seal. 

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DATED: December 20, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

ALEX G. TSE 

United States Attorney 

/s/ Kimberly A. Robinson 

KIMBERLY A. ROBINSON 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant Alex M. Azar II 

DATED: December 20, 2018 

 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOUNDATION 

/s/ Zoya Yarnykh 

ZOYA YARNYKH

Attorney for Plaintiff Steven Bruce

*In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer of this document attests under penalty of perjury 

that counsel for Plaintiff has concurred in the filing of this document. 

ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that by December 19, 2018, Federal Defendant will produce to 

Plaintiff an uncertified Administrative Record and by January 30, 2019, Federal Defendant will transmit 

and file the certified Administrative Record or provide Plaintiff with a status update regarding the 

certification of the Administrative Record. Nothing is this Stipulation shall preclude Plaintiff from 

seeking relief relating to the contents of the uncertified or certified Administrative Record. 

Dated: December 20, 2018 

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Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

U.S. District Court Judge

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