(SS) Gregg v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 MARY JANE GREGG, Case No. 1:18-cv-01106-JDP 9 Plaintiff, ORDER ON SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL 10 v. 11 C ommissioner of Social Security, Defendant. 13 14 This matter is before the court on claimant’s request for judicial review of an unfavorable decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding her application for a period of disability. At a hearing on August 12, 2019, I heard argument from the parties. I have reviewed the record, administrative transcript, briefs of the parties, and applicable law, and have considered arguments made at the hearing. For the reasons stated on the record at oral argument and in this order, I vacate the administrative decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and remand this case for further proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). As explained in more detail at oral argument, I remand because the ALJ did not explain why she discounted aspects of the opinion of Dr. Martin, a consultative psychologist. The ALJ noted that…