(SS) Peach v. Commissioner of Social Security ( 2023 )

1 PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney 2 MATHEW W. PILE, WSBN 32245 Associate General Counsel 3 Office of Program Litigation, Office 7 4 Social Security Administration MICHAEL J. MULLEN, WSBN 54288 5 Special Assistant United States Attorney 6401 Security Boulevard 6 Baltimore, Maryland 21235 7 Telephone: (206) 615-2748 E-Mail: michael.j.mullen@ssa.gov 8 Attorneys for Defendant 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 ) Case No.: 2:23-cv-00583-KJN 12 KATHERINE E. PEACH, ) ) STIPULATION FOR REMAND; ORDER 13 Plaintiff, ) ) 14 vs. ) ) 15 ) KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) 16 Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) 17 ) Defendant. 18 19 The parties, through their respective counsel, STIPULATE to the following matters. The 20 Commissioner’s final decision shall be reversed and remanded for further administrative 21 proceedings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). On remand, the ALJ shall: offer 22 Plaintiff the opportunity for a new administrative hearing; further develop the record, as needed; 23 reevaluate the evidence; and issue a new decision. 24 Remand shall be made under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). See Melkonyan v. 25 Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991). Plaintiff shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and expenses 26 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), upon proper request to this Court. Plaintiff shall be entitled to 27 costs as enumerated in 28 U.S.C. § 1920, under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a). 28 ] Respectfully submitted, 2 Dated: October 18, 2023 /s/_ Stuart Barasch* 3 STUART BARASCH Attorney for Plaintiff 4 (*signature authorized via e-mail October 18, 2023) 5 6 || Dated: October 18, 2023 PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney 7 MATHEW W. PILE g Associate General Counsel Office of Program Litigation, Office 7 9 10 By: /s/_ Michael J. Mullen 1 MICHAEL J. MULLEN Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Attorneys for Defendant 13 14 ORDER 15 Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation, and for good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED that 16 || this case is REMANDED for further administrative proceedings. On remand, the ALJ shall offer 17 || Plaintiff the opportunity for a new administrative hearing; further develop the record, as needed; 18 || reevaluate the evidence; and issue a new decision. 19 |} Dated: October 19, 2023 20 iY | } AO 21 KENDALL J.NE 9 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 peac.583 24 25 26 27 28 Stip. for Remand; 2:23-cv-00583-KJN