(SS) Degraffenreid v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN ANDREW No. 1:20cv00338 HBK (SS)
DEGRAFFENREID,
12 Plaintiff, ORDER REVERSING COMMISSIONER’S v. FINAL DECISION AND REMANDING BASED
ON PARTIES’ STIPULATION UNDER
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY, SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)
Defendant. (Doc. No. 20) 17 18 19 Pending before the Court is the parties’ Stipulation to Voluntary Remand pursuant to 20 Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and to entry of Judgment filed December 23, 2020. (Doc. No. 21 20). Plaintiff Jonathan Andrew Degraffenreid and the Commissioner of Social Security jointly 22 stipulate to a remand of this case for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 23 U.S.C. § 405(g). 24 The United States Supreme Court held that the Social Security Act only permits remand in 25 conjunction with a judgment either affirming, reversing, or modifying the Secretary’s decision. See Melkonyan v. Sullian, 501 U.S. 89, 97-98 (1991)…