(SS) Vazquez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARISCELA VAZQUEZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-00026-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER APPROVING PARTIES’ JOINT

STIPULATION UNDER SENTENCE FOUR

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

REVERSING FINAL DECISION AND

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL REMANDING CASE

SECURITY,

ORDER TO TERMINATE ALL PENDING Defendant. MOTIONS 16 (Doc. No. 15)

18 Pending before the Court is the parties’ Stipulation for Remand filed January 3, 2022. (Doc. No. 23). Plaintiff Mariscela Vasquez 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). (Id. at 1). 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 26 …