(SS) Gibson v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAY DEE GIBSON, No. 2:19-cv-01860 CKD (SS) 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 Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title 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 deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1965, applied on February 20, 2018 for SSI, alleging disability beginning November 21, 2004. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 15. Plaintiff alleged he was unable to work due to carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, elbow and knee problems, high blood pressure,…