(SS) Valdez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SANDY VALDEZ, Case No. 1:24-cv-00026-JLT-EPG Plaintiff, FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT

v.

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL JUDGMENT BE DENIED AND

SECURITY, THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER

OF SOCIAL SECURITY BE AFFIRMED. Defendant. (ECF Nos. 13, 17)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Sandy Rae Valdez’s (“Plaintiff”) complaint for 19 judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security 20 Administration regarding her application for disability insurance benefits. See 28 U.S.C. § 21 636(b)(1)(B) (providing for issuance of proposed findings of fact and recommendations); Local 22 Rule 302(c)(15) (referring final social security decisions for findings and recommendations). 23 Plaintiff argues as follows: 24 A. The ALJ failed…