Zagado v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 9

ORDER granting 8 Letter Motion for Extension of Time to File. Request GRANTED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron on 2/16/2021) (kl)

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U.S. Department of Justice
2/16/2021

United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
86 Chambers Street, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10007

February 16, 2021
BY ECF
Hon. Stewart D. Aaron
United States Magistrate Judge
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007-1312

Request GRANTED. SO ORDERED.
Dated: 2/16/2021

Re: Zagado v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., No. 20 Civ. 9449 (LJL) (SDA)
Dear Judge Aaron:
This Office represents the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”),
the defendant in the above-referenced action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), in which the
plaintiff appeals 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 February
16, 2021, to April 19, 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 for an extension, and this is the first request
for an extension of time in in this case. I thank the Court for its consideration of this request.
Respectfully,
AUDREY STRAUSS
United States Attorney
BY:

/s/ Amanda F. Parsels
AMANDA F. PARSELS
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel.: [phone]
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Howard Olinksy, Esq. (by ECF)
Attorney for Plaintiff