Herborn v. Astrue

Filing 20

STIPULATION AND ORDER REMANDING CASE., ***Civil Case Terminated.. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 8/11/11. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/11/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MELINDA L. HAAG United States Attorney LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX Social Security Administration KATHRYN R. WATSON Special Assistant United States Attorney 333 Market Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 977-8928 Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 E-Mail: Kathryn.Watson@ssa.gov Attorneys for Defendant 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 OAKLAND DIVISION 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PATRICIA HERBORN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) Commissioner of ) Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________) CIVIL NO. 4:11-CV-00013-SBA JOINT MOTION AND ORDER FOR REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and with the approval of the Court as provided below, that the Commissioner has agreed to a voluntary remand of this case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings. Upon remand, Upon remand, the claimant should be given the opportunity to participate in another hearing. If, for any reason, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) conducting the hearing cannot issue or sign the decision, the hearing office must comply with HALLEX I-2-8-40, which sets forth the applicable procedures for such a situation. The ALJ must also evaluate and explain, pursuant to Social Security Rulings (SSR) 96-5p and 96-6p and 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527, what weight he gives to the August 20, 2009 opinion from Heidemarie Ernst, M.D., and he must re-evaluate the claimant’s credibility pursuant to SSR 96-7p and 20 C.F.R. 1 § 404.1529. The ALJ will update the medical record. Plaintiff will be offered an opportunity for a new 2 hearing. It is further stipulated that the administrative decision is hereby vacated and that the Clerk of this 3 4 Court shall be directed to enter a separate judgment herein, as provided for under Rules 58 and 79(a) of 5 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, pursuant to Shalala v. Schaefer, 509 U.S. 292, 113 S. Ct. 2625 6 (1993). Respectfully submitted, 7 8 9 Dated: August 8, 2011 /s/ Pamela R. Vincent (As authorized via email) PAMELA R. VINCENT Attorney for Plaintiff Dated: August 8, 2011 MELINDA L. HAAG United States Attorney LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX Social Security Administration 10 11 12 13 14 15 /s/ Kathryn R. Watson KATHRYN R. WATSON Special Assistant United States Attorney Social Security Administration 16 17 18 ORDER 19 20 21 22 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that this action is reversed and remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings. 23 24 25 26 Dated: __8/11/11 __________________________________ SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG United States District Judge 27 28 2 11-cv-0013-SBA

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