(SS) Sanders v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONNIE SANDERS, Case No. 1:18-cv-01388-CDB (SS)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY

v. JUDGMENT, GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY REMAND,

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, AND REMANDING TO THE

COMMISSIONER FOR FURTHER

Defendant. PROCEEDINGS

(Docs. 21, 30)

18 Plaintiff Ronnie Sanders (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. (Doc. 1). The matter is currently before the Court on the Administrative Record (“AR”) and the parties’ briefs, including Plaintiff’s opening brief in which Plaintiff requests the Court reverse the Commissioner’s decision and award benefits starting May 1, 1997, or, alternatively, remand for further proceedings (Doc. 21); Defendant’s…