(SS) Vega v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 12 ISMAEL VEGA, Case No. 1:23-cv-01584-EPG 13 Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER
REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL
14 v. SECURITY COMPLAINT 15 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 15, 19, 22-23).
16 Defendant. 17 18 19 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an 20 unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding his 21 application for supplemental security income benefits. The parties have consented to entry of 22 final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), 23 with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 10). 24 Plaintiff presents the following issues: 25 1. The ALJ failed to properly develop the record and obtain any medical opinion evidence, erroneously relying upon her own lay interpretation of the medical 26 data. 2. The ALJ failed to properly consider the nature and intensity of Plaintiff’s 27…