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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Patricia Cooke
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN WAGNER CSBN 163581

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT SBN IL 619786

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ELIZABETH BARRY CSBN 203314

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8926

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Elizabeth.Barry@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

PATRICIA COOKE, ) Case No. 1:11-CV-01478-GSA

Plaintiff, )

v. ) STIPULATION AND ORDER

) TO REOPEN THIS CASE

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, )

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, )

 Defendant.1 )

)

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, to reopen the above-captioned

matter. A previous order of remand, pursuant to sentence six of Section 205(g) of the Social

Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), was entered on April 6, 2012, for the purpose of correcting

errors in the administrative correct and of locating missing portions of the administrative record

 Carolyn W. Colvin became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on February 14, 2013. 1

Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Carolyn W. Colvin should be

substituted for Michael J. Astrue as the defendant in this suit. No further action need be taken to

continue this suit by reason of the last sentence of section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42

U.S.C. § 405(g).

Stip. & Prop. Re Reopening

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(Order on Remand, Doc. 17). On November 20, 2012, an administrative law judge (ALJ) held a

subsequent hearing, at which Plaintiff testified, resulting in a January 11, 2013 decision and

finding that Plaintiff is not disabled. 

Under sentence six of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), “[t]he court may, on motion of the

Commissioner of Social Security made for good cause before the Commissioner files the

Commissioner’s answer, remand the case to the Commissioner of Social Security for further

action by the Commissioner of Social Security.” 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The remanding court retains

jurisdiction when it remands under sentence six. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 297

(1993) (“[i]mmediate entry of judgment (as opposed to entry of judgment after postremand agency

proceedings have been completed and their results filed with the court) is in fact the principal

feature that distinguishes a sentence-four remand from a sentence-six remand”). In the instant

case, this Court remanded pursuant to sentence six, and retains jurisdiction. See id. Given the

subsequent unfavorable decision, reopening is appropriate.

The parties stipulate to reopen this matter for resolution before this Court.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: June 6, 2013 /s/ Sengthiene Bosavanh 

(as authorized via e-mail)

SENGTHIENE BOSAVANH

Attorney for Plaintiff

Date: June 6, 2013 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

 By s/ Elizabeth Barry

ELIZABETH BARRY

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Special Assistant U. S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Upon are review of the stipulation, the Clerk of the Court is ordered to reopen this case. A

new scheduling order will be issued setting deadlines in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 7, 2013 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

cf0di0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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