(SS) Fideldy v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RANDY JOHN FIDELDY, No. 2:18-cv-02668 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social 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”). The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in the case, including the entry of final judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1959, applied on August 30, 2013 for SSI, amending to allege disability beginning August 30, 2013. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 15, 26. Plaintiff alleged he was unable to work due to diabetes, depression, spinal stenosis, and other physical and mental 28 …