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Parties Involved:
Melissa Hackwell Clark
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATION & PROPOSED ORDER CASE NO. 2:15-cv-00375 EFB 

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

SHARON LAHEY 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8963 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

E-Mail: Sharon.Lahey@ssa.com 

Attorneys for DEFENDANT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

MELISSA HACKWELL CLARK,

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner 

Of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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CIVIL NO. 2:15-cv-00375 EFB 

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY 

REMAND PURSUANT TO 

SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. 

§ 405(g) AND TO ENTRY OF 

JUDGMENT 

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

approval of the Court, that Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (Defendant or 

the Commissioner) has agreed to voluntarily remand this case for further administrative proceedings, 

pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. section 405(g). On remand, the Appeals Council will remand the 

case to an administrative law judge (ALJ) for a new hearing and decision. The Appeals Council will 

instruct the ALJ to reevaluate the medical evidence, including, but not limited to, all medical-source 

opinion evidence concerning physical and mental impairments, and explain the weight given to the 

opinion evidence consistent with 20 C.F.R. section 404.1527, and Social Security Rulings 

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STIPULATION & PROPOSED ORDER CASE NO. 2:15-cv-00375 EFB 

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96-2p and 96-5p. The parties further request that the Clerk of the Court be directed to enter a final 

judgment in favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, reversing the Commissioner’s final decision

 

Date: December 18, 2015 BESS M. BREWER 

By: /s/ Bess M. Brewer 

 BESS M. BREWER 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

(*As authorized by e-mail on December [], 2015) 

Date: December 18, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

 

 By: /s/ Sharon Lahey 

 SHARON LAHEY 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorney for Defendant 

ORDER 

Pursuant to stipulation, it is so ordered. 

Dated: December 29, 2015. _________________________________ 

HON. EDMUND F. BRENNAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

Case 2:15-cv-00375-EFB Document 22 Filed 12/29/15 Page 2 of 2