(SS) Edwards v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHERYL E. EDWARDS No. 2:19-cv-2360-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER ON PARTIES’ CROSS-MOTIONS

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. (ECF No. 13, 14) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying her application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act.1 In her summary judgment motion, plaintiff contends the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred by discrediting the opinion of examining orthopedist, Dr. Dericks, without providing specific and legitimate reasons for doing so. (ECF No. 13.) The Commissioner filed a cross-motion for summary judgment, asserting that the ALJ provided specific and legitimate reasons for discounting Dr. Dericks’s opinion, and contending the ALJ’s decision was otherwise supported by substantial evidence. (ECF No. 14.) For the reasons set forth below, the court DENIES plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment,…