(SS) Gutierriez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHIRLEY A. GUTIERRIEZ, No. 2:19-cv-00359 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 insurance benefits under Title II 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 On July 20, 2015, plaintiff, born in 1974, filed a Title II application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning February 12, 2014.1 27 1 The ALJ noted that “[a] prior unfavorable Administrative Law Judge decision was issued on February 11,…