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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Brad Pannell
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Stip. & Order for Remand; 2:14-cv-01514-KJN 1

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ELLINOR CODER

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8955

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Ellinor.Coder@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

BRAD PANNELL,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 2:14-cv-01514-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

REMAND PURSUANT TO

SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C.

§ 405(g) AND REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF 

JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF 

AND AGAINST DEFENDANT 

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

with the approval of the Court, that the Commissioner has agreed to a voluntary remand of this 

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

Upon remand, the Appeals Council will instruct the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to 

take the following action:

The ALJ will be directed to weigh all the medical opinions of record regarding the 

claimant’s mental health during the period at issue, including the medical opinions of Janice 

Nakagawa, Ph.D., Troy Ewing, Psy.D., Judy Martin, M.D., and D. Funkelstein, M.D., 

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Stip. & Order for Remand; 2:14-cv-01514-KJN 2

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articulating the weight assigned each opinion and the reasons for that weight (20 CFR 

§ 404.1527 and 416.927); reevaluate the credibility of the claimant’s allegations (20 CFR 

§ 404.1529 and Social Security Ruling 96-7p); reassess the claimant’s residual functional 

capacity (20 CFR § 404.1545 and Social Security Rulings 85-16 and 96-8p); and, if warranted at 

step five, obtain evidence from a vocational expert to clarify the effects of the assessed 

limitations on the occupational base (20 CFR § 404.1566; Social Security Ruling 83-14).

The parties further request that the Clerk of the Court be directed to enter a final 

judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, reversing the final decision of the 

Commissioner.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 14, 2015 BESS M. BREWER

By: /s/ Ellinor Coder for Bess M. Brewer*___

*By email authorization on April 14, 2015

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: April 14, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Ellinor Coder 

ELLINOR CODER

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

OF COUNSEL: AMANDA SCHAPEL

Assistant Regional Counsel

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

The parties’ stipulation (ECF No. 25) is APPROVED. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the action is remanded for further administrative 

proceedings consistent with this order pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 

405(g).

2. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 19) is denied without prejudice as 

moot.

3. Judgment is entered in favor of plaintiff and against the Commissioner.

4. The Clerk of Court shall vacate all dates and close this case.

Dated: April 16, 2015

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