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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

DELAINA LAWSON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JO ANNE B. BARNHART,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant

Civil No. C05-5650-RBL

ORDER OF REMAND

Based upon the stipulation of the parties, it is hereby ORDERED that the above-captioned

case be remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further administrative proceedings,

further development of the record, including a new hearing and a new decision. On remand, the

administrative law judge (ALJ) will: 1) further evaluate Plaintiff’s physical and mental

impairments to determine what limitations, if any, would flow from them prior to the date last

insured. In so doing pursuant to SSR 83-20, the ALJ will secure the services of medical experts

in orthopedics and psychiatry; 2) the ALJ will re-evaluate the medical opinions of record and

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determine what weight, if any, they are to be given pursuant to Ninth Circuit case law; 3) the ALJ

will consider the lay witnesses statements and discuss what weight, if any, they are to be

accorded; 4) the ALJ in arriving at Plaintiff’s residual functional capacity will be guided by SSR

96-8p; and 5) if warranted by the expanded record, the ALJ will obtain supplemental evidence

from a vocational expert to clarify the effects of the assessed limitations on Plaintiff’s ability to

perform jobs that exist in the local and or national economy, but before relying on the vocational

expert evidence the ALJ will identify and resolve any conflicts between the occupational evidence

provided by the vocational expert and information in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and its

companion publication, the Selected Characteristics of Occupations under SSR 00-4p.

Plaintiff may present new arguments and evidence. The ALJ may perform further

development and conduct further proceedings as necessary.

This case is reversed and remanded pursuant to sentence four of 43 U.S.C. § 405(g). 

Upon proper presentation, this Court will consider Plaintiff’s application for costs, expenses and

attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a),(d).

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DATED this 2nd day of March, 2006.

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A

RONALD B. LEIGHTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Recommended for Entry:

____s/ Karen L. Strombom_____________

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Presented by:

s/ RICHARD M. RODRIGUEZ

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Office of the General Counsel

701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 MS/901

Seattle, Washington 98104-7075

Telephone: (206) 615-3748

FAX: (206) 615-2531

richard.rodriguez@ssa.gov

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