O'Malley
Rodrigues Troncao, Jr. v. O'Malley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 9 DOMINGOS RODRIGUES TRONCAO, Case No. 23-cv-03467-EJD
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ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY Plaintiff, JUDGMENT; MOTION FOR REMAND 12 v. Re: ECF Nos. 14, 18 MARTIN J. O'MALLEY, 14 Defendant.
15 Social Security disability cases can be hard. The rules and regulations for determining disability are complex, the medical records are often extensive, and for attorneys (and judges) without medical training, trying to understand medical terms can sometimes be like learning a new language. This is not one of those cases. Both Plaintiff Domingos Rodrigues Troncao, Jr. and Defendant Martin O’Malley (the “Commissioner”) agree that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) who denied Plaintiff’s disability application made mistakes. They only disagree on what to do about it. That sole disagreement is easy to understand: Given that the ALJ failed to provide sufficient evidence to show…