(SS) Stevenson v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL GEORGE STEVENSON, No. 2:19-cv-00243 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER & ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”). For the reasons discussed below, the undersigned Magistrate Judge will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1973, applied in 2015 for disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning March 15, 2014. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 16, 29. Plaintiff alleged he was //// //// //// unable to work due to myasthenia gravis1, right knee impairment, sarcoidosis2, other skin disorders, anxiety, left knee, impairment sleep…