(SS) Wilcox v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELISSA J. WILCOX, No. 2:23-cv-01414-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER LELAND DUDEK, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), finding that Plaintiff’s disability had ended and she was no longer entitled to disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under the Social Security Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 401-34. Plaintiff challenges the Step Five determination of whether Defendant identified a significant number of jobs in the national economy that she can perform. ECF No. 9 at 5. For the reasons that follow, the Court will DENY Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and GRANT the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The Commissioner’s decision is affirmed. /// /// 27 1 Leland Dudek became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security in February 2025, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d) is substituted as the…