(SS) Mauldin v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CLAY MAULDIN, No. 2:18-cv-02858 WBS 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 disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”). On January 29, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein which contained notice to the parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Defendant has filed objections. The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis. The court agrees with the magistrate judge’s determination that the administrative law judge did not specifically “identify the testimony that was not credible, and specify what evidence undermines the claimant’s…