(SS)(PS) Yeomans v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BARRIAN COREY YEOMANS, No. 2:23-cv-1806 SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner), denying his application for supplemental security income (SSI) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§1381-1383f. For the reasons that follow, the undersigned grants Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and denies the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment.
Carolyn W. Colvin became the Commissioner of Social Security on November 30, 2024. Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Martin O’Malley is substituted as 25 the defendant in this suit. 26 SSI is paid to financially needy disabled persons. 42 U.S.C. § 1382(a); Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services v. Guardianship Estate of Keffeler, 537 U.S. 371, 375 (2003) (“Title XVI of…