(SS) Mendoza v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. INTRODUCTION

20 Plaintiff Jennifer Adriana Mendoza (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application for Child’s Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(d), and for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act 25 26 On June 17, 2019, Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited by the court on August 26, 2019). He is therefore substituted as the defendant in this action. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d) (“the person holding the Office of the Commissioner shall, in his official capacity, be the proper (the “Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381–1383f. (Doc. 1.) The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto, United States Magistrate Judge.3 II. BACKGROUND On June 11, 2013,…