(SS) Perez, Jr. v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HECTOR PEREZ, JR., No. 2:23-cv-1245-DC-SCR Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application for disability benefits under the Medicare Qualified Government Employee provisions of Title XVII of the Social Security Act (“Act”), and the Supplemental Security Income provisions of Title XVI of the Act. For the reasons that follow, the undersigned recommends that Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff applied for Medicare Qualified Government Employee (“MQGE”) benefits and supplemental security income (“SSI”) on February 11, 2021. ECF No. 8-1, Administrative Record (“AR”) 37. In the years leading up to Plaintiff’s alleged…