(SS) Rael v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUBEN R. RAEL, No. 2:19-cv-01448 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 and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI 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 partially grant plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment while denying it on the issue of remedy; and deny the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1981, applied on August 24, 2016 for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, alleging disability beginning December 31, 2007. Administrative Transcript…