(SS) Macias v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREA MACIAS, No. 2:23-cv-1983-SCR Plaintiff, v. AMENDED ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying her application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-34, and for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1383f. The parties agree that the ALJ erred in the administrative proceedings below, but disagree on the remedy. For the reasons that follow, the Court will GRANT IN PART both cross-motions for summary judgment, and remand for further proceedings.
DIB is paid to disabled persons who have contributed to the Disability Insurance Program, and who suffer from a mental or physical disability. 42 U.S.C. § 423(a)(1); Bowen v. City of New York, 476 U.S. 467, 470 (1986).…