Sullivan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 RENEE A. SULLIVAN, Case No.: 3:23-cv-00480-AHG 11 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

12 v. SUBSTITUTE PARTY 13 KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting

Commissioner of Social Security, [ECF No. 17] Defendant. 15 16 17 18 Before the Court is the Motion to Substitute Party filed on June 11, 2024, by counsel for Plaintiff Renee Sullivan (“Plaintiff”) on behalf of her husband Patrick Sullivan (“Patrick”), who seeks to be substituted as the Plaintiff in this case under Rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ECF No. 17. The basis for the Motion is that Plaintiff 22 died on February 13, 2024, and Patrick is her surviving spouse. ECF No. 17-1 at 2; see also 23 ECF No. 17-2 (Plaintiff’s Death Certificate issued by the State of Texas). The motion is 24 unopposed. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the motion. 25 On March 25, 2024, the Court resolved the parties’ Joint Motion for Judicial Review 26 in this case in Plaintiff’s favor, granted Plaintiff’s motion to remand, and remanded this 27 benefits…