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Parties Involved:
Mai Chang
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

Document Text:

Stipulation and Proposed Order for Voluntary Remand

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ASIM H. MODI, NY SBN 4692018

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415-977-8952

Facsimile: 415-744-0134

Email: Asim.Modi@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MAI CHANG,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-00310-EPG

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

VOLUNTARY REMAND

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, that 

this action be remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further administrative action 

pursuant to section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence 

four.

Upon remand, the Appeals Council will instruct the administrative law judge (ALJ) to 

offer Plaintiff a new hearing and the opportunity to present new evidence. The Appeals Council 

will direct the ALJ to perform the sequential evaluation process for the following periods: April 

18, 2005, through September 12, 2007, and January 22, 2011, through the date of the ALJ’s 

decision on remand. Moreover, the Appeals Council will instruct the ALJ to reevaluate the 

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medical evidence relevant to the adjudicatory periods, including, but not limited to, all medicalsource opinion evidence concerning physical and mental impairments, and explain the weight 

given to the opinion evidence in accordance with 20 C.F.R. § 416.927, and Social Security

Rulings (SSR) 96-2p and 96-5p. Furthermore, if necessary, the ALJ will obtain vocational 

expert testimony at step five of the sequential evaluation process. 

Respectfully submitted,

Date: March 14, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. 

ROHLFING

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Monica Perales*

MONICA PERALES

*Authorized by email on March 14, 2016

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: March 14, 2016 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi 

ASIM H. MODI

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

Based upon the parties’ Stipulation for Voluntary Remand, and for cause shown, the 

above-captioned action is remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further 

proceedings consistent with the terms of the above stipulation. The Clerk of the Court is 

DIRECTED to enter final judgment in favor of Plaintiff Mai Chang and against Defendant 

Carolyn W. Colvin and to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 15, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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