(SS) Martinez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCOS MARTINEZ,

Case No. 1:19-cv-00074-SKO 11 Plaintiff,

12 v. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLAINT

ANDREW SAUL,

Commissioner of Social Security,1 Defendant. (Doc. 1)

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19 I. INTRODUCTION On January 16, 2019, Plaintiff Marcos Martinez (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1383(c) seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Doc. 1.) The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to the Honorable 26 On June 17, 2019, Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited by the court on September 12, 2019). He is therefore substituted…