Medearis

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

10 A.M., Case No. 23-cv-04889-NC 11 Plaintiff,

ORDER REVERSING

12 v. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE

DECISION AND REMANDING FOR

13 MARTIN J. O'MALLEY, AWARD OF BENEFITS 14 Defendant. Re: ECF 22, 26, 29 15 16 Claimant A.M. appeals an Administrative Law Judge’s denial of disability benefits 17 for the period beginning May 1, 2016, and seeks reversal and remand for an immediate 18 award of benefits. A.M.’s central argument is that the ALJ erred in finding A.M.’s 19 substance abuse material to the disability determination. In addition, A.M. argues the ALJ 20 improperly weighed and credited medical opinions, substituted his own opinion in place of 21 medical opinions, and relied on past relevant work and education findings unsupported by 22 substantial evidence. The Commissioner of Social Security agrees reversal of the ALJ’s 23 decision and remand are appropriate, but does not concede any specific reversible errors by 24 the ALJ. Rather, the…