Lamar v. Social Security Administration

Filing 9

ORDER lifting the stay in this case. The Commissioner has up to and including 11/6/2020 to answer Mr. Lamar's complaint and to file the administrative record. Signed by Magistrate Judge Beth Deere on 9/9/2020. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
NORTHERN DIVISION
DONALD LAMAR
V.

PLAINTIFF
CASE NO. 3:20-CV-88-BD

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner,
Social Security Administration

DEFENDANT
ORDER

By order of May 27, 2020, this Court granted the Commissioner’s unopposed
motion to stay proceedings. (Doc. No. 7; Doc. No. 8) The stay was premised on the
Social Security Administration’s functional limitations in producing certified transcripts
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It has come to the Court’s attention that the Social Security Administration has
resumed producing certified transcripts1—albeit at a slower rate than prior to the COVID19 pandemic. Accordingly, the stay is lifted; and the Clerk is directed to reopen this case.
The Commissioner has up to and including Friday, November 6, 2020 to answer
Mr. Lamar’s complaint and to file the administrative record. Extensions will not be
granted absent extraordinary circumstances.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 9th day of September, 2020.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1

See e.g., Administrative Transcript, Goodman v. Social Security Administration, 3:20CV-118-BD (E.D. Ark. Sept. 8, 2020).