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Parties Involved:
Ruth Apple
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

TIMOTHY R. BOLIN 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

California State Bar No. 259511 

333 Market Street, Suite 1500 

San Francisco, California 94105-2102 

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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SARAMENTO DIVISION 

RUTH APPLE, 

Plaintiff, 

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:09-cv-01605-KJM 

STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND TO 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT; 

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 provide Plaintiff with a 

new hearing and decision. 

On remand, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) shall give full consideration to all 

medical opinions, including those of Drs. Budhran, Khan, and Walter, and provide rationale for 

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the weight accorded to each opinion. In a case where medical opinions from the same source 

diverge, the ALJ shall reconcile such divergent opinions. The ALJ shall further evaluate 

Plaintiff’s subjective testimony and statements provided by third parties in accordance with 

Social Security Rulings 96-7p and 06-3p. The ALJ shall reconsider Plaintiff’s residual functional 

capacity and, if warranted, obtain supplemental vocational expert testimony to assist in 

determining Plaintiff’s ability to perform jobs existing in significant numbers in the 

national economy. 

Dated: July 22, 2010 By: *

 BESS M. BREWER 

 *By email authorization

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: July 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 

 ORDER 

 The Court approves for the foregoing stipulation. SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 26, 2010. 

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