(SS) Howell v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK ALLEN HOWELL, No. 2:18-cv-01408 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW 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 1982, applied on January 4, 2012 for SSI and disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning July 30, 2007. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 21, 28. Plaintiff alleged he was unable to work due to seizures, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, epilepsy,…