(SS) Nichols v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIANA LYNN NICHOLS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01559-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

v. GRANTING DEFENDANT’S CROSS-

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT;

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE

SECURITY, COURT TO ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR

OF DEFENDANT COMMISSIONER OF Defendant. SOCIAL SECURITY AND CLOSE THIS ACTION

(ECF Nos. 14, 18)

18 I. INTRODUCTION Diana Lynn Nichols (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her 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 26 27 1 The…