Medearis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

ORDER REVERSING

v. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE

DECISION AND REMANDING FOR

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