(SS) Davidson v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 DIANE DEONE DAVIDSON, Case No. 1:19-CV-00099 9 Plaintiff, ORDER ON SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL 10 v. 11 C SEO CM UM RI IS TS YI ,O NER OF SOCIAL

Defendant.

14 Claimant Diane Davidson seeks judicial review of a denial by the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) of her application for disability insurance benefits. ECF No. 14. She alleges that the SSA Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred (1) in her initial, threshold assessment of the severity of claimant’s mental impairments, (2) in considering the opinions of various doctors, and (3) in evaluating claimant’s own testimony about her pain and other symptoms. We heard argument from the parties on January 31, 2020. Having reviewed the record, administrative transcript, briefs of the parties, and applicable law, and having considered arguments raised at the hearing, we will remand this matter for further consideration by the ALJ. Claimant argues that the ALJ erred in setting aside her mental impairments at what is known as “Step 2” of the five-step…