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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Onessimo Vasquez
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Vasquez v. Colvin, 2:14-cv-01547-EFB – Jt. Stip. Remand 1

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

DONNA L. CALVERT, 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

ELIZABETH FIRER 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8937 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

E-Mail: Elizabeth.Firer@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

ONESSIMO VASQUEZ, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:14-CV-01547-EFB 

STIPULATION TO VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE 

FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND TO 

ENTRY OF JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF 

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

attorneys, and with the approval of the Court, that the Commissioner of Social Security has agreed 

to a voluntary remand of this case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). 

Upon remand, the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) will remand this 

case to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). 

ODAR will direct the ALJ to further evaluate Plaintiff’s mental impairments, and 

reconsider whether they are medically determinable, severe, or nonsevere. 

ODAR will direct the ALJ to obtain additional evidence from a psychological medical 

expert and further evaluate the medical opinions of record. 

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ODAR will direct the ALJ to evaluate Plaintiff’s substance abuse under Social Security 

Ruling (SSR) 13-2p available at 2013 WL 1221979. 

ODAR will direct the ALJ to further evaluate the credibility of Plaintiff’s subjective 

complaints under SSR 96-7p available at 1996 WL 374186. 

ODAR will direct the ALJ to further evaluate Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity, 

throughout the period at issue. 

ODAR will direct the ALJ as warranted to obtain additional vocational expert evidence, if 

necessary. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Date: February 19, 2015 /s/Kelsey Mackenzie Brown 

 KELSEY MACKENZIE BROWN 

 Attorney at Law 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 *By email authorization on February 18, 2015 

Date: February 19, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

 United States Attorney 

 

 By: /s/Elizabeth Firer 

 ELIZABETH FIRER 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

OF COUNSEL: 

RICHARD M. RODRIGUEZ 

Assistant Regional Counsel 

ORDER 

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 23, 2015. 

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