(SS) Gross v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAURA E. GROSS, No. 2:18-cv-2486-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 applications for: (1) Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) under Title II, and (2) supplemental security income (“SSI”) under Title XVI, of the Social Security Act. The parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment are pending. ECF Nos. 14 & 15. For the reasons discussed below, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is granted and the Commissioner’s motion is denied. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed her application for SSDI on November 14, 2014 and her application for SSI on December 30, 2014. Administrative Record (“AR”) at 216-17, 218-28. Plaintiff’s applications were denied initially and upon reconsideration. Id. at 133-37, 143-53. On March 7, 2017, a…