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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ELIZABETH FIRER

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8937

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Elizabeth.Firer@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

 HAROLD L. FORTUNE, )

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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-01199-CMK

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 a further proceedings including a new hearing

and decision. 

Upon remand, the administrative law judge (ALJ) will be directed to clarify the effect of the

assessed limitations on Plaintiff’s occupational base according to Social Security Rulings (SSRs) 83-12

and 83-14. The ALJ must obtain vocational expert testimony. The hypothetical questions presented to

the vocational expert must accurately reflect Plaintiff’s functional capacity and limitations as established

by the record as a whole. The ALJ must ask the vocational expert whether his or her testimony is

consistent with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and, if not, the ALJ must identify and resolve any

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2 - Stip & Order of Sentence Four Remand

conflicts as directed by SSR 00-4p. 

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: March 5, 2008 /s/ Tony Arjo 

(As authorized via email)

TONY ARJO

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: March 5, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Elizabeth Firer 

ELIZABETH FIRER

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 6, 2008

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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