(SS) Aragon v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 17

ORDER REMANDING the Matter Pursuant to Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. 405(g); ORDER DIRECTING Entry of Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff Armando Aragon and Against Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 11/17/2021. CASE CLOSED. (Rivera, O)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ARMANDO ARAGON,

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Plaintiff,
v.
KILOLO KIJAKAZI1
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

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Defendant.
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Case No.: 1:21-cv-0019 JLT
ORDER REMANDING THE MATTER
PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g)
ORDER DIRECTING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN
FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF ARMANDO ARAGON
AND AGAINST DEFENDANT KILOLO
KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF
SOCIAL SECURITY

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On November 17, 2021, Armando Aragon and Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social

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Security, stipulated to a voluntary remand for further administrative proceedings pursuant to sentence

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four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (Doc. 16 at 1-2.) Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation, the Appeals

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Council shall remand the matter to an administrative law judge “to take further action, as warranted, to

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complete the administrative record” and issue a new decision. (Id.) The parties also stipulated that

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judgment shall be entered in favor of Plaintiff and against the Commissioner. (Id. at 2.)

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Based upon the terms of the stipulation, the Court ORDERS:

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The matter is REMANDED for further administrative proceedings under sentence four
of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); and

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The action was originally filed against Andrew Saul in his capacity as the Commissioner of Social Security.
(See Doc. 1 at 1.) The Court has substituted Kilolo Kijakazi, who has since been appointed the Acting Commissioner of
Social Security, as the defendant. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d).

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The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff Armando

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Aragon and against Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, the Acting Commissioner of Social

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Security.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

November 17, 2021

_ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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