(SS) Davis v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERESA DIANE DAVIS, No. 2:18-cv-2415-WBS–KJN Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ON PARTIES’ CROSS MOTIONS

v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (ECF Nos. 17, 24)

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying her application for Title XVI supplemental security income. In her summary judgment motion, plaintiff contends the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in: assessing plaintiff’s physical and mental impairments at step two; weighing the medical and opinion evidence in the record; formulating plaintiff’s residual functional capacity; failing to ensure complete development of the record; and failing to address a previous disability determination. The Commissioner opposed and filed a cross–motion for summary judgment. The undersigned FINDS the ALJ failed to develop the record as to plaintiff’s mental impairments, and…