(SS) Hochberg v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JANE WINGATE / ALI HOCHBERG, No. 2:19-cv-02494 TLN CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff1 seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for disability benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. For the reasons discussed below, the court will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be granted and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be denied. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1957, applied on February 19, 2016 for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income benefits, alleging disability beginning November 1, 2014.
1 This action was commenced on December 13, 2019. Plaintiff Wingate died on June 17, 2020, and her daughter Ali Hochberg was substituted in as her successor party-in-interest. (ECF Nos. 17 & 18.) All…