(SS) Peterson v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRETT MICHAEL PETERSON, Case No. 1:23-cv-00684-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

v. REMANDING ACTION FOR FURTHER

PROCEEDINGS

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 18, 22, 23) 13 Defendant.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Brett Michael Peterson (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability benefits pursuant to the Social Security Act. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone.1 Plaintiff requests the decision of Commissioner be vacated and the case be remanded for further proceedings, arguing the administrative law judge erred by failing to provide clear and convincing reasons to reject his symptom testimony. For the reasons…