(SS)Manzano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BERNARDINO CABOT MANZANO, No. 2:18-cv-01397 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”). The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in the case, including the entry of final judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and deny the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1962, applied on February 21, 2014 for SSI and Title II disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning December 18, 2013. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 17, 61. Plaintiff alleged he was unable to work due to congestive heart failure, 28 …