Hugins v. Commissioner of Social Security

Opinion

United States Attorney 2 Nevada Bar No. 7709 MICHAEL J. MULLEN 3 Special Assistant United States Attorney Washington Bar No. 54288 4 Office of the General Counsel Social Security Administration 5 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21235 6 Telephone: (206) 615-2748 Facsimile: (206) 615-2531 7 E-Mail: michael.j.mullen@ssa.gov

8 Attorneys for Defendant 9

13 VALERY D. HUGINS, ) 14 ) Case No.: 2:24-cv-00734-MDC Plaintiff, ) 15 ) PARTIES’ STIPULATED MOTION FOR v. ) REMAND 16 ) MARTIN O’MALLEY, ) 17 Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) 18 Defendant. ) ) 19 )

20 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their undersigned 21 attorneys, and with the approval of the Court, that this matter be remanded on an open record for 22 further administrative proceedings, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). On remand, the 23 Appeals Council should instruct the administrative law judge to Further develop the record, as 24 necessary; offer the claimant the opportunity for another administrative hearing ; reevaluate the 25 evidence, including the medical opinion of Mirit Avram, M.D.; and issue a new decision. 1 The parties further request that the Clerk of the Court be directed to enter a final judgment in 2 favor of Plaintiff, and against Defendant, reversing the final decision of the Commissioner. Remand 3 should be made under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). See Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 4 (1991). Upon proper presentation, the Court will consider Plaintiffs application for reasonable 5 attorney fees and expenses pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) and costs as enumerated in 28 U.S.C. 6 § 1920, under 28 U.S.C. § 2412(a). Judgment should be entered for Plaintiff. 7 8 9 10 Dated: September 9, 2024 Respectfully submitted, 1] JASON M. FRIERSON United States Attorney 12 /s/ Michael J. Mullen 13 MICHAEL J. MULLEN Special Assistant United States Attorney 14 Attorneys for Defendant 15 Dated: September 9, 2024 16 /s/ Michael J. Mullen for* (*as authorized by email) 18 Attorney for Plaintiff 19 20 a “7 a IT IS SO ORDER Lf an 22 __ £7 ye UNITE STATES UP JUIPGE 2B Sp if eTED: 9/13/24 fy 24 Lf ER

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22 I, Michael J. Mullen, certify that the following individual(s) were served with a copy of the 33 foregoing PARTIES’ STIPULATED MOTION FOR REMAND on the date, and via the method of 44 service, identified below: 55 By CM/ECF: 66 John Metsker 77 jmetsker@metskerlaw.com

88 Dated: September 9, 2024

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