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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
John Giumarra
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

TIMOTHY R. BOLIN, CSBN 259511

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

Office of the General Counsel

160 Spear St Ste 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8962

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-mail: timothy.bolin@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

(FRESNO)

JOHN GIUMARRA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ACTING COMMISSIONER

OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant.

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No. 1:13-cv-01690-SAB

JOINT STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND FOR 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF

PLAINTIFF

The parties, through counsel, hereby stipulate to voluntary remand of this case for further 

proceedings, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), and for entry of judgment in favor 

of Plaintiff. The purpose of the remand is to vacate the administrative law judge’s (ALJ’s) decision 

that is now before this Court and issue a new ALJ decision on Plaintiff’s case.

Cane use was an important consideration in the step-five finding of nondisability. The 

ALJ assessed Plaintiff with the need for a cane, a limitation that, the vocational expert testified,

would erode the representative occupations by 80 to 90 percent or preclude all competitive work,

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depending on the extent to which Plaintiff required use of a cane. On remand, the ALJ will 

consider and address all the medical opinions of record and specifically consider Plaintiff’s 

maximum residual functional capacity—in particular, Plaintiff’s need for a cane. 

Respectfully submitted,

Date: June 26, 2014 /s/ Roger David Drake

ROGER DAVID DRAKE

Attorney for Plaintiff

Date: June 26, 2014 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DONNA L. CALVERT

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

 /s/ Timothy R. Bolin

TIMOTHY R. BOLIN

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case be 

remanded for further proceedings, as described above, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. §

405(g). The Clerk’s Office is directed to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 27, 2014 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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