(SS) Carver v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 JEREMY SHAWN CARVER, Case No. 1:24-cv-01041-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 15)

Defendant. 17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding his application for disability benefits. The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 10). Plaintiff presents the following issue: “Whether the ALJ’s mental RFC determination is supported by substantial evidence and free from legal error where the ALJ improperly discounted the opinion of consultative examiner, Aloine Butler, Psy.D.” (ECF No. 15, p. 8). Having reviewed the record, administrative transcript, the…