(SS) Salazar v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 CARLOS SALAZAR, Case No. 1:19-cv-01047-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER ON SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

13 Defendant. 14 Claimant has requested judicial review of the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of his application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. On May 13, 2020, we heard argument from the parties. Having considered arguments made at the hearing, and having reviewed the record, administrative transcript, briefs of the parties, and applicable law, we affirm the decision of the SSA’s Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). On appeal, we ask only whether substantial evidence supports the Commissioner’s factual findings and whether the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards. 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). We will uphold the ALJ’s decision if it is rational, even if there is another rational interpretation of the evidence; we will not substitute our judgment for that of the Commissioner. Id. The ALJ found claimant to…