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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Alicia G. Lebus
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant United States Attorney

California Bar No. 214624

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8924

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail:Armand.Roth@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

ALICIA G. LEBUS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

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Commissioner of Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 09-cv-00448-GSA

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

SENTENCE FOUR REMAND

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The parties have agreed to a voluntary remand of this case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C.

§ 405(g). Upon remand, the Appeals Council will instruct the Administrative Law Judge to do the

following:

(1) Conduct a new hearing, further develop the record and issue a new decision; 

(2) Address the medical opinions, giving appropriate weight to the opinions of the treating

physicians where warranted;

(3) Provide a residual functional capacity finding consistent with all evidence of record;

(4) Reassess the claimant's credibility; and 

(5) Obtain new vocational expert testimony.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Harvey Peter Sackett *

HARVEY PETER SACKETT 

Plaintiff’s Attorney

* by Armand Roth by email authorization of 1/5/2010

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

Dated: February 8, 2010 /s/ Armand D. Roth

ARMAND D. ROTH

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Upon review, the stipulation to remand is GRANTED and the action is REMANDED to the

Commissioner. The Clerk is ordered to ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR of Plaintiff Alicia Lebus and

against Defendant Michael J. Astrue. Upon remand, the Appeals Council will instruct the

Administrative Law Judge to do the following:

(1) Conduct a new hearing, further develop the record and issue a new decision; 

(2) Address the medical opinions, giving appropriate weight to the opinions of the treating

physicians where warranted;

(3) Provide a residual functional capacity finding consistent with all evidence of record;

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(4) Reassess the claimant's credibility; and 

(5) Obtain new vocational expert testimony.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 8, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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