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Parties Involved:
Michael J. Astrue
Defendant
Melissa Stansberry
Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

United States Attorney 

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

TIMOTHY R. BOLIN, SBN CA 259511 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 333 Market Street, Suite 1500 

 San Francisco, CA 94105 

 Telephone: 415-977-8982 

 Facsimile: 415-744-0134 

 Email: timothy.bolin@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MELISSA STANSBERRY, 

 Plaintiff, 

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 3:09-cv-04731-MHP 

STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND TO 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, through their undersigned attorneys and with 

the approval of the Court, that Defendant has agreed to a voluntary remand of this case pursuant 

to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The purpose of the remand is to offer Plaintiff a new 

hearing and 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 update the record regarding 

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Plaintiff’s impairments in accordance with Social Security regulations and rulings. The ALJ shall 

consider the medical and opinion evidence of Obiamiwe Umeh, M.D., and reassess Plaintiff’s 

residual functional capacity and whether Plaintiff can return to her past relevant work. The ALJ 

shall consider the medical and opinion evidence of Michael Joyce, M.D., and how Plaintiff’s 

mental impairments may affect her ability to work. The ALJ shall develop the record regarding 

Plaintiff’s mental and physical impairments as necessary. The ALJ shall obtain from medical 

expert(s) clarification of the nature and severity of Plaintiff’s impairments as necessary. The ALJ 

shall obtain supplemental vocational expert evidence as necessary. 

Dated: March 16, 2010 By: /s/ Kenneth J. Collins 

 KENNETH J. COLLINS 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: March 22, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

 United States Attorney 

 LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS 

 Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

 By: /s/ Timothy R. Bolin 

TIMOTHY R. BOLIN 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE COURT APPROVES THE FOREGOING STIPULATION AND SO ORDERS. 

Dated: ___________________________________ 

 HONORABLE MARILYN HALL PATEL 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

3/23/2010

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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