(SS) Alva v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARLENE MARIE ALVA, No. 2:19-cv-00086 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 disability benefits under Title II 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 1974, filed a Title II application on December 1, 2015 for disability and disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning December 15, 2010. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 15, 23. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to depression, anxiety, numbness, tingling pain from knuckles to elbows, loss of strength in hands and arms, limited 28 …