(SS) Stone v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVA STONE, No. 2:18-cv-02862 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 grant plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and deny the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1980, applied on July 9, 2012, for SSI, alleging disability beginning January 1, 1989. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 106. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to narcolepsy. AT 106. Following a hearing in April 2014, an ALJ issued a decision dated 28 …