Troy Palmer v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TROY PALMER, No. 2:24-cv-02969-EFB (SS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security 18 denying his application for Social Security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). ECF No. 19 1. Pending before the court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 14, 20 17.1 For the reasons provided below, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is denied, and the 21 Commissioner’s motion for summary judgment is granted. 22 I. Background 23 In December 2018 and September 2019, respectively, plaintiff applied for disability 24 insurance benefits (DBI) pursuant to Title II and for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under 25 Title XVI of the Social Security Act, alleging disability beginning on June 23, 2018. 26

27 1 The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate…