(SS) Parker v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 APRIL PARKER, No. 2:18-cv-01912 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER & ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 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”). For the reasons discussed below, the undersigned Magistrate Judge will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1961, applied on August 17, 2015 for SSI, disability insurance benefits, and disabled widow’s benefits, alleging disability for all three beginning on January 30, 2015. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 35. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to lower back problems and a pinched nerve in her right leg. AT 69. In a…