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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Deborah Croft
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS, CO SBN 15153

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration

JACOB M. MIKOW, CA SBN 238045

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8976

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Email: jacob.mikow@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

Commissioner of Social Security 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

DEBORAH CROFT, )

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Plaintiff, )

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vs. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

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Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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Case No. 2:09-CV-01656-KJN

STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)

AND ORDER

IT IS STIPULATED by and between Deborah Croft (“Plaintiff”)

and defendant Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security

(“Defendant”), through their undersigned counsel of record, that

the above-entitled action shall be remanded to the Commissioner

of Social Security for further administrative proceedings.

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The parties have agreed to voluntary remand of this case

pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further

administrative proceedings. Upon remand, the Administrative Law

Judge (“ALJ”) will (1) obtain medical records from John Verzosa,

M.D., that are applicable to the period at issue, including the

May 28, 2008, opinion by Dr.Verzosa; (2) evaluate these records

and opinions in these records from Dr. Verzosa, specifically

discussing this evidence and stating the weight given to it; and

(3) further evaluate Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity in

light of the evidence from Dr. Verzosa. Also, the ALJ will

consider, to the extent permitted under regulation, the request

by Plaintiff to re-open her 2004 application for benefits.

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This stipulation constitutes a remand under the fourth

sentence of Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.

§ 405(g).

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 26, 2010 BESS M. BREWER

Bess M. Brewer and Associates

/s/ Bess M. Brewer*

BESS M. BREWER

(*As authorized via email dated

April 26, 2010) 

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: April 26, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Jacob M. Mikow

JACOB M. MIKOW

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 3, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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