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Parties Involved:
Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Defendant
Anne Delaney
Plaintiff

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KEVIN V. RYAN, SBN 118321

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, SBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

SARA WINSLOW, DCBN 457643

Assistant United States Attorney

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

 San Francisco, California 94102

 Telephone: (415) 436-7260

 Facsimile: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ANNE DELANEY, )

) Plaintiff, ) CIVIL NO. 05-00756 SI

)

v. ) STIPULATION AND ORDER OF ) REMAND JO ANNE B. BARNHART, )

Commissioner of Social Security, )

) Defendant. )

______________________________)

The Commissioner has notified the United States Attorney’s Office that the cassette tape

recording of Plaintiff’s hearing has been lost. The Commissioner of Social Security has requested

remand under Sentence 6 of 42 U.S.C. 405(g) in order to remand the claim to an Administrative Law

Judge for a de novo hearing.

Pursuant to section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 405(g):

The court may, on motion of the Commissioner made for good cause shown before he

files his answer, remand the case to the Commissioner for further action by the

Commissioner . 

See Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89, 101 n.2 (1991); Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292(1993).

The joint conference committee of Congress in reporting upon the Social Security Disability

Amendments of 1980 (to the Social Security Act) stated that in some cases procedural difficulties,

such as an inaudible hearing tape or a lost file, necessitate a request for remand by the Secretary. The

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DELANEY, REMAND STIP S6 (ss)

C 05-00756 SI 2

intent of the committee was that such procedural defects be considered "good cause" for remand. 

The committee states:

Such a situation is an example of what could be considered 'good cause' for remand. 

Where, for example, the tape recording of the claimant's oral hearing is lost or

inaudible, or cannot otherwise be transcribed, or where the claimant's files cannot be

located or are incomplete, good cause would exist to remand the claim to the

Secretary for appropriate action to produce a record . . . (H.R. Rep. No. 96-944, 96th

Cong., 2d Sess. 59 (1980)).

Good cause having been shown, the parties agree that this action should be remanded to the

Commissioner of Social Security for further proceedings as stated above. Defendant will reinstate

the action in this Court when plaintiff’s record is complete and/or when an administrative transcript

is prepared.

Dated: June 3, 2005 /s/

CRISOSTOMO IBARRA

Attorney for Plaintiff

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: June 6, 2005 By: /s/

SARA WINSLOW

Assistant United States Attorney

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that this action is remanded, pursuant to

sentence six of 42 U.S.C. 405(g), to the Commissioner for further proceedings as stated above.

Dated: ________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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