Cheryl Keith v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHERYL KEITH, No. 2:24-cv-03393-DJC-CKD Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying applications for Disability Income Benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”), respectively. For the reasons discussed below, the court will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1970, applied for DIB and SSI on October 11, 2021, alleging disability beginning January 1, 2020. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 15, 33. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to clinical depression and PTSD. AT 66. On December 13, 2023, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued a decision…