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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Shannon M. Dean
Plaintiff

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

GINA SHIN

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8926

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Gina.Shin@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SHANNON M. DEAN, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 2:07-CV-00529-DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF REMAND

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the undersigned for the respective parties, subject to the

approval of the Court, that this action be remanded to the Defendant, Commissioner of Social Security,

pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings. The purpose of the remand is to

offer Plaintiff a new decision.

Upon remand, the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review will remand this case to an 

Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and direct him or her to clarify whether arachnoiditis is a severe

impairment, further evaluate the medical opinions, and reassess whether Plaintiff met or equaled the 

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Listings, particularly Section 1.04(B) for arachnoiditis. If necessary, the ALJ may obtain the services of

a medical expert in this regard. 

/s/ Bess M. Brewer 

(As authorized on December 27, 2007)

Bess M. Brewer

Attorney at Law

Attorney for Plaintiff

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BOBBIE J. MONTOYA

Assistant U.S. Attorney

By: /s/ Gina Shin 

(As signed on December 27, 2007)

Gina Shin 

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

Of Counsel:

Lucille Gonzales Meis

Chief Counsel, Region IX

United States Social Security Administration

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that the administrative decision at issue in

this action is reversed and the case is remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to

sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter

judgment in favor of plaintiff pursuant to this order. See Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292 (1993).

DATED: January 8, 2008.

Ddad1/orders.socsec/dean0529.stipord.remand

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