(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 WBS 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 disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”). On January 22, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein which contained notice to the parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Plaintiff has filed objections. The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis. Notably, among other things, the administrative law judge set forth specific, legitimate reasons, based on substantial evidence in the record, for rejecting the opinion of plaintiff’s treating physician, “setting…