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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 (DIWW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

MATTHEW C. JAMES,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Civil No. 1:18-cv-01265-JDP

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)

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

attorneys, and with the approval of the Court, that the Commissioner of Social Security has 

agreed to a voluntary remand of this case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

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Stipulation for Voluntary Remand

Upon remand to the defendant, the Appeals Council will remand this case to an 

Administrative Law Judge with instructions to reevaluate the medical evidence. In particular, 

the ALJ shall reconsider Plaintiff’s mental health impairments and document the application of 

the special technique for evaluating mental impairments. The ALJ shall then proceed with the 

remaining steps of the sequential evaluation process, reassess Plaintiff’s residual functional 

capacity, and as necessary, obtain additional vocational expert testimony.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: December 19, 2019 By: /s/ Matthew C. James* 

MATTHEW C. JAMES

*Authorized by email on December 19, 2019

Attorney for Plaintiff

Date: December 19, 2019 McGregor W. Scott

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Michael K. Marriott 

MICHAEL K. MARRIOTT

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

Of Counsel

Jeffrey Chen

Assistant Regional Counsel

Social Security Administration

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ORDER

As stipulated, this case is remanded to the Administrative Law Judge so that the medical 

evidence may be re-evaluated. The clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of plaintiff and to 

close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 204.

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