(SS) Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 STEVEN ANTHONY WILLIAMS, SR., No. 2:23-cv-2182-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

14 Defendant.

16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-34. For the reasons that follow, the court will DENY Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and GRANT Defendant’s cross- motion. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff applied for DIB on April 9, 2021, alleging disability beginning October 15, 2020. Administrative Record (“AR”) 10. The application was disapproved initially on May 20, 2021 and on reconsideration on December 15, 2021. AR 10. On July 29, 2022, ALJ Daniel Myers 26 DIB is paid to disabled persons who have contributed to the Disability Insurance Program, and who suffer from a mental or…