(SS) Lopez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY STEVEN LOPEZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-00360-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER APPROVING PARTIES’ JOINT

STIPULATION UNDER SENTENCE FOUR

v. OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) AND REVERSING

FINAL DECISION AND REMANDING

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL CASE

SECURITY,

(Doc. No. 12) Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court is the parties’ Stipulation for Remand filed September 23, 2021. (Doc. No. 12). Plaintiff Larry Steven Lopez and the Commissioner of Social Security jointly stipulate to remand this case for further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and for judgment to be entered in Plaintiff’s favor. (Id.). The United States Supreme Court held that the Social Security Act permits remand in conjunction with a judgment either affirming, reversing, or modifying the Secretary’s decision. See Melkonyan v. Sullian, 501 U.S. 89, 97-98 (1991) (addressing issue of attorney’s fees under the Equal…