Parker v. Commissioner of Social Security

Background

This document is a letter-motion requesting additional time in Parker’s Social Security case. Parker’s counsel asked for a 45-day extension to serve Parker’s portion of a joint stipulation and to prepare Parker’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, a request asking the court to decide the case based on the existing administrative record and written submissions. The letter states that Parker’s portion of the joint stipulation was due December 17, 2021. Some portions of the proposed schedule are incomplete or unclear in the provided text.

The letter says this was Parker’s second request for an extension. It refers to an earlier extension granted on October 13, 2021. Parker’s counsel said the firm faced multiple simultaneous deadlines because of pandemic-related delays in producing administrative records and the later release of a large number of records and agency decisions. The government’s counsel consented to the request.

Supporting declaration

Howard D. Olinsky, identified as managing partner of the Olinsky Law Group, submitted a declaration. It describes the firm’s federal Social Security caseload, the Social Security Administration’s pandemic-related limits on building access, delays in producing certified administrative records, increased briefing deadlines, and the firm’s efforts to hire more attorneys. The declaration also discusses cases involving arguments based on a Supreme Court decision concerning the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the present document does not decide those issues.

Ruling

The document concludes with “SO ORDERED” and is signed by United States Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker on December 11, 2021. The provided text does not separately state “granted,” and it does not clearly display all revised deadlines. The order therefore records the court’s approval of the requested extension through the “SO ORDERED” notation, without a merits decision on Parker’s Social Security claim.