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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
James P. Copeland
Plaintiff

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE, WSBN 32245

Associate General Counsel

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

Social Security Administration

ERIN A. JURRENS, MO 61402

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Office of the General Counsel 

Social Security Administration

6401 Security Boulevard 

Baltimore, MD 21235

Telephone: (877) 833-2445

E-Mail: Erin.Jurrens@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES P. COPELAND, 

Plaintiff,

v.

KILOLO KIJAKAZI,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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CIVIL NO. 2:23-cv-00993-JDP

STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND TO 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

IT IS STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Kilolo 

Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant”), through their undersigned 

counsel of record, that the above-entitled action shall be remanded to the Commissioner of 

Social Security for further administrative proceedings.

Upon remand, the Appeals Council will remand the case to an Administrative Law 

Judge (ALJ) for a new decision, and instruct the ALJ to re-evaluate the evidence of record. The 

parties further request that the Court direct the Clerk of the Court to enter a final judgment in 

favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, reversing the final decision of the Commissioner.

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This stipulation constitutes a remand under the fourth sentence of Section 205(g) of the 

Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 405(g).

Dated: January 16, 2024 /s/ Harvey P. Sackett*_____

HARVEY P. SACKETT

Attorney for Plaintiff

*Authorized via e-mail on January 16, 2024

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE

Associate General Counsel

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Erin A. Jurrens 

ERIN A. JURRENS

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

[PROPOSED] 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 ORDERED that the above-captioned action is remanded to the Commissioner of Social 

Security for further proceedings pursuant to the fourth sentence of Section 205(g) of the Social 

Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 405(g). Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 13, is 

denied as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 16, 2024 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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