Lisa O. Lewis v. Martin O'Malley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LISA O. LEWIS, Case No. 24-cv-02965-PCP
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT
MARTIN O'MALLEY, Re: Dkt. Nos. 15, 17 Defendant.
Plaintiff Lisa Lewis seeks judicial review of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) decision denying her application for disability insurance benefits under Titles II and XVII of the Social Security Act. The government concedes that the ALJ’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence. Dkt. No. 17, at 1. The parties therefore agree that the ALJ erred and that Lewis is entitled to judgment. But the parties disagree about whether the Court should remand for further proceedings or for an award of benefits. Because the record contains factual conflicts and ambiguities that the ALJ must resolve to conclusively establish Lewis’s disability status, the Court remands this case for further proceedings. BACKGROUND Lewis’s social security…