(SS) Maria Esther Ruiz v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 MARIA ESTHER RUIZ, Case No. 1:19-CV-00407 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 Maria Esther Ruiz 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 left knee impairment, (2) in considering the opinion of treating doctor Emmanuel Fabella, (3) in evaluating claimant’s own testimony about her knee and back impairments, and (4) in finding that claimant could perform work existing in significant numbers in the national economy. We heard argument from the parties on February 18, 2020. Claimant was represented by counsel at the hearing. Having reviewed the record, administrative transcript, briefs of the parties, and applicable law, and having considered arguments raised at the hearing, we will remand…