Shaw v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 12

STIPULATION and ORDER for Remand Pursuant to Sentence Six signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 6/30/2011. (Leon-Guerrero, A)

Download PDF
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MONTE Y. SHAW, 12 13 14 Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 17 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 1:10-cv-02350 JLT STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE SIX OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective counsel 18 of record, that this action be remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further 19 administrative action pursuant to section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 20 405(g), sentence six. 21 Remand is necessary because the Appeals Council has notified agency counsel that the claim 22 file associated with Plaintiff’s complaint cannot be located at this time. Upon receipt of the remand 23 order, the Commissioner will continue to search for the claim file. If the claim file cannot be located 24 within a reasonable period of time, the Appeals Council will remand the case for a de novo hearing 25 with instructions to the ALJ to reconstruct the claim file, hold a new hearing, and issue a new 26 decision. If appropriate, the Commissioner will reinstate the action in this Court when the record is 27 complete, and Plaintiff should be afforded the opportunity to file an amended complaint at that time. 28 1 1 2 Respectfully submitted, Date: June 29, 2011 /s/ (As authorized by email on June 29, 2011) Ann Cerney Attorney for Plaintiff Date: June 29, 2011 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney 3 4 5 6 By: 7 /s/ Peter Thompson PETER THOMPSON Special Assistant United States Attorney 8 9 ORDER 10 Upon the stipulation of the parties, the Court hereby ORDERS: 11 1. 12 13 Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); 2. 14 15 The matter is remanded pursuant to the sixth sentence of section 205(g) of the Social The parties are ORDERED to file a joint status report every 60 days after the date of this order updating the Court of the activities below; and 3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE the case. 16 The Court will direct the Clerk to re-open the case if or when the matter is concluded 17 below. 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 Dated: June 30, 2011 9j7khi /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. These filings and docket sheets should not be considered findings of fact or liability, nor do they necessarily reflect the view of Justia.


Why Is My Information Online?