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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Vikki Whiteside
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ANNABELLE J. YANG

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8946

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Annabelle.Yang@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

VIKKI WHITESIDE, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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CAROLYN W. COLVIN, )

Acting Commissioner )

of Social Security, )

Defendant. )

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Case No. 1:13-CV-01337-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

VOLUNTARY REMAND PURSUANT TO 

SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), 

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

attorneys, and with the approval of this Court, that the Commissioner of Social Security has 

agreed to a voluntary remand of this case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

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

an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to obtain medical expert evidence regarding the nature, 

severity, and onset of Plaintiff’s impairments during the period at issue. The ALJ will then 

perform the remaining steps of the sequential evaluation process, including weighing all medical 

opinions of record, assessing Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity, and reconsidering the 

credibility of Plaintiff’s allegations. If warranted, the ALJ will also obtain vocational expert 

testimony.

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Stip. & Prop. Order for Remand 2 Case No. 1:13-cv-01337-BAM

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Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Denise Bourgeois Haley*

Dated: March 19, 2014 DENISE BOURGEOIS HALEY

*as authorized via email on March 18, 2014

Attorney at Law

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: March 19, 2014 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By:

/s/ Annabelle J. Yang

ANNABELLE J. YANG 

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation of the parties (Doc. 14), it is hereby ORDERED that this 

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

consistent with the above Stipulation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 19, 2014 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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