(SS) Akin v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARITY MICHELLE AKIN, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-0608 JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DIRECTING ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN ) FAVOR OF DEFENDANT, ANDREW M. SAUL, v. ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, AND ) AGAINST PLAINTIFF CHARITY MICHELLE ANDREW M. SAUL1, ) AKIN Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) )

Charity Michelle Akin asserts she is entitled to disability insurance benefits and a period of disability under Title II of the Social Security Act. Plaintiff argues the administrative law judge erred in evaluating her medically determinable impairments at step two and the lay witness statement offered by her mother. For the reasons set forth below, the administrative decision is AFFIRMED. BACKGROUND In March 2015, Plaintiff filed her applications for benefits, alleging she came disabled in February 2012 due left Bipolar disorder,…