Brenn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LLOYD B.,

Case No. 23-cv-05010-DMR Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MARTIN J. O'MALLEY, Re: Dkt. Nos. 13, 18 Defendant.

Plaintiff Lloyd B. moves for summary judgment to reverse the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (the “Commissioner’s”) final administrative decision, which found Plaintiff not disabled and therefore denied his application for benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. Plaintiff’s requested remedy is a remand for award of benefits. [Docket No. 13 (Pl.’s Mot.).] The Commissioner concedes that the final administrative decision must be reversed, but moves the court to remand for further proceedings, not for an award of benefits. [Docket No. 18 (Def.’s Mot.).] For the reasons stated below, the court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and request for a remand…