(SS) Van Gorkom v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. Introduction

19 Plaintiff Curtis John Van Gorkom seeks judicial review of a final decision of the 20 Commissioner of Social Security denying his application for child’s insurance benefits and 21 supplemental security income pursuant to Titles II and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security 22 Act.1

II. Factual and Procedural Background

24 Plaintiff applied for benefits on September 16, 2019 alleging disability as of June 20,

1 The parties at first did not consent to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge. Docs. 8, 9. However, after the Clerk reassigned the matter to a District Judge, consent to proceed before a magistrate judge was filed. Docs. 10, 11. Accordingly, the matter has been reassigned to a Magistrate Judge. Doc. 26. The findings and recommendations filed November 4, 2024, will be vacated, and the same document is being issued here as an order directing entry of judgment. The undersigned has reviewed the objections and response thereto and finds no basis in it to change the original recommended disposition of this case. 2003. AR 299–317. The Commissioner denied the applications initially on August…