(SS) Orme v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LATRINA ORME, No. 2:19-cv-0097 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant. 17 This social security action was submitted to the court without oral argument for ruling on plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment.2 Plaintiff’s motion argues that the Administrative Law Judge’s treatment of the medical opinion evidence, residual functional capacity determination, and step five finding constituted error. Plaintiff also argues that the Administrative Law Judge was not properly appointed under the Constitution. For the reasons explained below, plaintiff’s motion is granted, the decision of the

24 1 Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on June 17, 2019. See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited by the court on July 30, 2019). Accordingly, Andrew Saul is substituted in as the defendant in…