(SS) Andrade v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 JESUS CHAVEZ ANDRADE, Case No. 1:18-cv-00913-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 (“SSA”) regarding his application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits. At a hearing on August 19, 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 and remand this case for further proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). I remand because the ALJ did not explain what weight she gave the opinion of Marc Johnson, M.D., or explain why such weight was appropriate. Dr. Johnson, a treating physician, saw…