Justin Neil Flocchini v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 12 JUSTIN NEIL FLOCCHINI, Case No. 1:24-cv-01246-EPG 13 Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER
REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL
14 v. SECURITY COMPLAINT 15 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 16).
16 Defendant. 17 18 19 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an 20 unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding his 21 application for disability and supplemental security income benefits. The parties have consented 22 to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 23 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1), with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 9). 24 Plaintiff presents the following issues: 25 1. Whether the ALJ harmfully erred by failing to find MDIs of mental impairments 26 due to chronic pain to be not “severe” impairments at step Two; rejecting the 27 multiple MSS of record documenting “moderate” and more than moderate…