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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 G.P., Case No. 24-cv-00088-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL;

REMANDING ACTION FOR

LELAND DUDEK1, et al., DETERMINATION OF ONSET DATE

AND CALCULATION OF BENEFITS

Defendants. 12 Re: Dkt. Nos. 19, 22 13 14 Plaintiff G.P.2 challenges a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his applications for child disability insurance benefits3 under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 423 et seq., and supplemental security income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq. G.P.’s primary contentions are that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) failed to properly assess the materiality of his substance use disorder; disregarded or failed to fully credit several medical opinions; incorrectly assessed the

22 1 Leland Dudek, the current acting Commissioner of the Social Security…