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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Vincent Mesta
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

LEO R. MONTENEGRO

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8983

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Leo.R.Montenegro@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

VINCENT MESTA, ) Case No. 2:08-CV-02994-KJM

Plaintiff, )

v. ) STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF

Commissioner of Social Security, ) 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), AND REQUEST FOR ENTRY

Defendant. ) OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND

______________________________) AGAINST DEFENDANT

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

counsel of record, that this action be remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further

administrative action pursuant to section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

§ 405(g), sentence four.

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

the following action:

The ALJ will be directed to offer Plaintiff a new hearing and the opportunity to present

new evidence. The ALJ will obtain testimony from a vocational expert to determine what effect

the need to alternate between sitting and standing has on Plaintiff’s ability to perform other work

that exists in significant numbers in the national economy.

Because Plaintiff has filed a subsequent concurrent claim on March 11, 2008, which was

denied at the initial and reconsideration level, the ALJ will consolidate the claims and issue a

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decision on the associated claims. The parties stipulate that no specific aspect of the ALJ’s prior

decision is affirmed.

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

in favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, Commissioner of Social Security, reversing the final

decision of the Commissioner.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: December 17, 2009 s/ 

(As authorized by email)

BESS M. BREWER

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: December 17, 2009 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

 By s/ Leo R. Montenegro

LEO R. MONTENEGRO

Special Assistant U. S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

OF COUNSEL TO DEFENDANT:

DANIEL P. TALBERT

Assistant Regional Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED:

DATED: January 4, 2010.

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