(SS) T. v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 T.T., Case No. 2:19-cv-01608-JDP (SS) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING CLAIMANT’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. ECF No. 11 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY Defendant. JUDGMENT 16 ECF No. 14 17 Elizabeth T., on behalf of her minor son T.T. (“claimant”), challenges the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying claimant’s application for Title XVI child’s disability benefits. ECF No. 1. Claimant has impaired hearing, and his mother argues, inter alia, that the Commissioner has not sufficiently considered his difficulties in speaking. I agree; claimant’s expressive language impairment cannot be ignored or reduced to his hearing impairment. I will remand this case so that the Commissioner can consider claimant’s expressive language impairment in its own right.1 25

1 The case is submitted on…