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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Por Thao
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION TO REMAND; 1:24-cv-00968-SKO

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE

Associate General Counsel 

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

JUSTIN L. MARTIN, Missouri State Bar No. 62255

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

Office of the General Counsel

Social Security Administration

6401 Security Boulevard

Baltimore, MD 21235-6401

Telephone: (206) 615-3735

Email: Justin.L.Martin@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

POR THAO, 

Plaintiff,

v.

MARTIN O’MALLEY,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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CIVIL NO. 1:24-cv-00968-SKO

STIPULATION AND UNOPPOSED 

MOTION TO VOLUNTARY REMAND 

PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 

U.S.C. § 405(g) AND TO ENTRY OF 

JUDGMENT; ORDER

(Doc. 12)

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

attorneys, and with the approval of the Court, that this action be remanded for further 

administrative action pursuant to the Social Security Act § 205(g), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

§ 405(g), sentence four. On remand, the Appeals Council will remand the case to an 

administrative law judge (ALJ) for a new decision. The parties further request that the Court 

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direct the Clerk of the Court to enter a final judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against 

Defendant, reversing the final decision of the Commissioner.

Respectfully submitted, 

DATE: October 18, 2024 /s/ Melissa Newel*

MELISSA NEWEL

Attorney for Plaintiff

*Authorized via e-mail on October 10, 2024

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE

Associate General Counsel

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

DATE: October 18, 2024 By: /s/ Justin L. Martin 

JUSTIN L. MARTIN

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Based upon the parties’ stipulation and unopposed motion to Voluntary Remand Pursuant 

to Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and to Entry of Judgment (Doc. 12), and for cause shown, 

IT IS ORDERED that the above-captioned action is remanded to the Commissioner of Social 

Security for further proceedings pursuant to the Social Security Act § 205(g), as amended, 42 

U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence four. On remand, the Appeals Council will remand the case to an 

administrative law judge for a new decision in accordance with the parties’ Stipulation.

The Clerk of Court shall enter a final judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, 

vacating and reversing the final decision of the Commissioner and shall thereafter close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 23, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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