Gloria Castaneda v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GLORIA CASTANEDA, Case No. 1:22-cv-00467-CDB (SS)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT1

13 v. (Docs. 16, 18) 14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Gloria Castaneda (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the 18 Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her applications for 19 disability benefits under the Social Security Act. (Doc. 1). The matter is currently before the 20 Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted without oral argument. (Docs. 16, 18). Upon 21 review of the Administrative Record (Doc. 13-1, “AR”) and the parties’ briefs, the Court finds 22 and rules as follows. 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 A. Administrative Proceedings and ALJ’s Decision 25 On September 28, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Title II application for disability insurance 26 benefits and a Title XVI application for supplemental security income. (AR 19, 211-12). 27 1 Based on the…