Rivera Velez v. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 DOMINIC R. V., Case No. 24-cv-04005-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER RESOLVING SOCIAL

v. SECURITY APPEAL

MARTIN O'MALLEY, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 16, 17 Defendants.

13 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) decision finding that Plaintiff was not disabled under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act. See Admin. Rec. (“AR”) at 1.1 The Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration declined to review the ALJ’s decision. Id. As such, the ALJ’s decision is a “final decision” of the Commissioner of Social Security, appropriately reviewable by this court. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), 1383(c)(3). Both parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge (dkts. 5, 6), and both parties have filed briefs (dkts. 16, 17, 18). For the reasons stated below, the decision of the ALJ is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED FOR FURTHER…