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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Martin Lopez
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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DAVID L. ANDERSON (CABN 149604) 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

MARCELO ILLARMO (MABN 670079) 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8944 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

E-Mail: Marcelo.Illarmo@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARTIN LOPEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ANDREW SAUL, 1 

Commissioner of Social Security 

Defendant. 

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Case No.: 3:18-cv-06358-MMC 

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) 

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

undersigned attorneys, and with the approval of the 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). The purpose of the remand is to offer Plaintiff a new decision. 

On remand, the Commissioner will conduct any necessary further proceedings and issue 

a new decision. The Commissioner will limit the scope of the remand proceedings to 

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 Andrew Saul is now the Commissioner of Social Security and is automatically substituted as a party pursuant to 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). See also section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 USC 405(g)(action survives regardless 

of any change in the person occupying the office of Commissioner of Social Security). 

AND ORDER THEREON

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determining whether Plaintiff is eligible for disability benefits for the alleged closed period of 

April 24, 2014 to September 30, 2015 and not disturb the previous finding of disability for the 

period beginning October 1, 2015. 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: September 11, 2019 /s/ Paul Kim* 

(*as authorized via e-mail on 9/11/19) 

PAUL KIM 

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: September 11, 2019 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

By: /s/ Marcelo Illarmo 

MARCELO ILLARMO 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER

Based upon the parties’ Stipulation to Voluntary Remand Pursuant to Sentence Four of 

42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and to Entry of Judgment (“Stipulation to Remand”), and for cause shown, IT 

IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the above-captioned action is 

remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings consistent with the 

terms of the Stipulation to Remand. 

Dated: _____________ __________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

United States Magistrate Judge

District

September 11, 2019 _______________________________

THEHONORABLE MAXINE M.CH

U ited St te M i t te Jde

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