(SS) Tovar v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JENNIFER LEE TOVAR No. 2:18-cv-00102-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER ON PARTIES’ CROSS MOTIONS

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. (ECF Nos. 15, 26) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying Plaintiff’s application for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. In her motion for summary judgment, Plaintiff contends that the Administrative Law Judge presiding over her hearing erred by failing to: (A) make a specific finding of fact regarding Plaintiff’s urinary frequency and also failing to provide sufficient reasons for discrediting her treating urologist; and (B) failing to credit the opinion of her treating psychiatrist regarding certain mental impairments. The Commissioner filed a cross-motion for summary judgment, arguing that the ALJ adequately addressed Plaintiff’s urination issue in determining her RFC, and he properly discounted the…