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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SANDRA WILLIAMS, No. 2:18-cv-2248-EFB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying her application for Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act. The parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment are pending. ECF Nos. 16 & 19. For the reasons discussed below, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is granted and the Commissioner’s motion is denied. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed an application for DIB, alleging that she had been disabled since April 1, 2012. Administrative Record (“AR”) at 188-189. Plaintiff’s application was denied initially and upon reconsideration. Id. at 105-110, 112-117. She appeared telephonically at a hearing before administrative law judge (“ALJ”) K. Kwon. Id. at 43-71. 28 …