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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Laurie A. Deuschel
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAURIE A. DEUSCHEL,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-2072 GEB GGH PS

vs.

JO ANNE B. BARNHART, ORDER

Commissioner of 

Social Security,

Defendant. 

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On April 5, 2005, defendant filed a report concerning the status of the

administrative proceedings regarding plaintiff’s waiver request. At that time, defendant

represented that plaintiff’s request for a hearing was pending in the SSA’s Office of Hearings and

Appeals in Sacramento. On December 2, 2005, defendant filed another report indicating that

plaintiff’s case was in post-hearing development status. Defendant has filed no report since that

time, and discovery has been stayed since December 14, 2004, pending the outcome of

administrative proceedings. The court finds that the time taken in processing the waiver request

has been unnecessarily long, without satisfactory explanation for the delay.

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Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that defendant shall file a response within fifteen

days showing cause why the administrative proceedings have been so prolonged, and an update

regarding the status of plaintiff’s waiver request.

DATED: 7/24/06

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

 GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH/076 - deuschel2072.ord.wpd

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