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: [email protected] 8 Attorneys for Defendant

9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO DIVISION 12

13 ) Case No.: 2:24-cv-01069-AC ERICA RAE MCGEE, ) 14 ) STIPULATION FOR REMAND Plaintiff, ) [PROPOSED] ORDER 15 ) vs. ) 16 ) ) 17 MARTIN O’MALLEY, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) 18 ) ) 19 Defendant. 20 21 The parties, through their respective counsel, STIPULATE to the following matters. The 22 Commissioner’s final decision shall be reversed and remanded for further administrative 23 proceedings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Upon remand, the Appeals Council 24 will vacate the prior ALJ decision and instruct an ALJ to offer Plaintiff the opportunity for a 25 hearing, further develop the record, and issue a new decision. 26 Remand shall be made under sentence four of

(g). See Melkonyan v. 27 Sullivan,

(1991). Plaintiff shall be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and expenses 28 pursuant to

(d), upon proper request to this Court. 1 2 Respectfully submitted,

3 Dated: August 7, 2024 /s/ Francesco P. Benavides 4 FRANCESCO P. BENAVIDES Attorney for Plaintiff 5 (*signature authorized via e-mail Aug. 5, 2024)

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7 Dated: August 7, 2024 PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney 8 MATHEW W. PILE 9 Associate General Counsel Office of Program Litigation, Office 7 10

11 By: /s/ Michael J. Mullen 12 MICHAEL J. MULLEN Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 13 Attorneys for Defendant 14 OF COUNSEL TO DEFENDANT: 15 16 ANTHONY M. SERDYNSKI, JR. Attorney, Office of Program Litigation, Office 7 17 Office of the General Counsel Social Security Administration 18 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 19 Email: [email protected] 20

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28 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 3 Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation, and for good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED that 4 || this case is REMANDED for further administrative proceedings. Upon remand, the Appeals 5 || Council shall instruct the ALJ to offer the claimant the opportunity for a hearing, further conside 6 || the claimant’s ability to do other work at step five of the sequential evaluation process, take any 7 || further action needed to complete the administrative record, and issue a new decision. 8 9 10 Dated: August 9, 2024 ~ Llar—e_ 12 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Stip. for Remand; 2:24-cv-01069-AC