(SS) Keeler v. Commissioner of Social Security

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaOctober 1, 20191:18-cv-00283California11,916 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MARK ALLAN KEELER, No. 1:18-cv-00283-GSA Plaintiff, ORDER REMANDING CASE FOR

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v. SENTENCE 4 OF 42 U.S.C. § 506(g) ANDREW SAUL,1 Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff Mark Allan Keeler (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability insurance benefits pursuant to Title II of the Social Security Act. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs which were submitted without oral argument to the Honorable Gary S. Austin, United States Magistrate Judge. See Docs. 20, 21 and 22. Having reviewed the record as a whole, the Court finds that certain of the ALJ’s findings were contrary to substantial evidence in the record and that the ALJ failed to develop the record to resolve ambiguous evidence and supplement incomplete…

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