Gonzalez v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 15

ORDER granting 14 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File. Application GRANTED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang on 1/6/2021) (rro)

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U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
86 Chambers Street, 3rd floor

MEMO ENDORSED

New York, NY 10007

January 4, 2021
BY ECF
Hon. Ona T. Wang
United States Magistrate Judge
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007-1312
Re: Gonzalez v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 20 Civ. 8033 (OTW)
Dear Judge Wang:
This Office represents the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”),
the defendant in the above-referenced action, which the plaintiff brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g) to appeal the Commissioner’s decision to deny his application for Social Security
disability benefits.
I respectfully write to request, with the plaintiff’s consent, a 60-day extension of
time for the Commissioner to file the certified administrative record in this case, from January 4,
2021, to March 5, 2021. The extension is necessary due to delays in preparing the certified
administrative record due to temporary workplace changes implemented by the Social Security
Administration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes have significantly
impacted the operations of the Social Security Administration’s Office of Appellate Operations
and materially affected its ability to prepare certified administrative records and to obtain
transcriptions of hearing recordings from private contractors.
The plaintiff consents to this request, and this is the first request for an extension
of time to file the certified administrative record. I thank the Court for its consideration of this
request.

SO ORDERED:

Respectfully,
AUDREY STRAUSS
Acting United States Attorney

Application GRANTED.
BY:
__________________________
Ona T. Wang
1/6/21
United States Magistrate Judge

/s/ Amanda F. Parsels
AMANDA F. PARSELS
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel.: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Marisol Santos, Esq.
Attorney for Plaintiff