(SS) Gilding v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALBERT GILDING, JR., No. 2:18-cv-02459 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 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 1959, applied on December 9, 2014 for disability and disability benefits under Title II, alleging disability beginning July 23, 2014. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 11, 18, 189-195. Plaintiff alleged he was unable to work due to anxiety disorder. AT 218. In a //// //// decision dated July 18, 2017, the ALJ determined that…