(SS) Dodson v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARLENE DODSON, ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-1172 - JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER REMANDING THE ACTION PURSUANT ) TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) v. ) ) ORDER DIRECTING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN ANDREW M. SAUL1, ) FAVOR OF MARLENE DODSON, AND AGAINST Commissioner of Social Security, ) DEFENDANT ANDREW M. SAUL, ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY Defendant. ) )

Marlene Dodson asserts she is entitled to a period of disability and disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. Plaintiff argues the administrative law judge erred in evaluating the record and seeks judicial review of the decision denying benefits. Because the ALJ erred in evaluating Plaintiff’s statements regarding the severity of her symptoms and rejecting the opinions of a treating and examining physician, the matter is REMANDED for further proceedings pursuant to sentence four…