(SS) Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSICA SAOIRSE SMITH, No. 2:23-cv-01327 CKD SS Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying applications for Disability Income Benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”), respectively. The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in the case, including the entry of final judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Commissioner’s cross- motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1990, applied on August 30, 2018, for DIB and SSI, alleging disability beginning May 25, 2015. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 23, 332. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to seizures, chronic PTSD,…