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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 M.A.L., Case No. 23-cv-03565-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MARTIN O’MALLEY, Re: Dkt. Nos. 10, 14 Defendant.

13 Plaintiff M.A.L.1 appeals a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”)2 denying her applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 423, 1381, et seq. M.A.L. contends that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) failed to provide legally sufficient reasons for discounting her allegations of pain and physical dysfunction, and did not properly evaluate the opinion of consulting physician, Vasantha Natarajan, M.D. M.A.L. also argues that the ALJ failed to develop the record and that remand is required for the ALJ to review additional evidence submitted to the Appeals Council after the ALJ issued her…