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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

PATRICIA COOKE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:11-CV-1478-GSA

STIPULATED MOTION FOR REMAND 

PURSUANT TO SENTENCE SIX OF 42 

U.S.C. § 405(g) FOR FURTHER 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS AND 

ORDER 

I. INTRODUCTION

The parties, through their respective counsel of record, hereby move this Court to remand 

the above-captioned case to the Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner) for further 

administrative proceedings, pursuant to sentence six of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 

II. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The district court does not have a final decision from the Commissioner to review 

because Plaintiff’s written exceptions to the ALJ’s January 11, 2013 decision are currently being 

considered by the Appeals Council. After the Court remanded this case on April 6, 2012 for the 

ALJ to correct the deficiencies in the transcript (Doc. No. 17), the Appeals Council vacated the 

administrative decision and remanded this matter to the hearing office for further administrative 

proceedings (Doc. No. 19). The ALJ then held a hearing, at which Plaintiff testified, and issued 

a decision dated January 11, 2013 finding Plaintiff not disabled (Doc. No. 21). Plaintiff’s 

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council subsequently filed written exceptions to the ALJ’s decision. The parties prematurely 

moved to re-open this case on June 6, 2013 before the Appeals Council had reviewed the ALJ’s 

new decision (Doc. No. 23). The Appeals Council told Defendant on December 16, 2013 that it 

is still in the process of reviewing Plaintiff’s written exceptions. Therefore, there is no final 

decision of the Commissioner in this matter for the Court to review under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 

III. ARGUMENT

This Court should remand Plaintiff’s case for further administrate proceedings to give the 

Appeals Council the opportunity to review the ALJ’s January 11, 2013 decision. This remand is 

necessary because district court review is not, otherwise, possible. Following remand, Defendant 

will provide status updates to the Court on this matter and move for a re-opening of the case if 

the Commissioner issues a final decision.

IV. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the parties request this Court to remand the matter to the 

Appeals Council.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: December 20, 2013 /s_SENGTHIENE BOSAVANH__

(as authorized via email on December 18, 2013)

SENGTHIENE BOSAVANH

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: December 20, 2013 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Shea Lita Bond 

SHEA LITA BOND

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

The Court adopts the parties’ stipulation outlined above. Accordingly, this case is 

remanded to the Appeals Council pursuant to sentence xix of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The parties 

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shall file a status report every 120 days advising the Court of the status of this case. The Clerk of 

the Court is directed to close this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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