(SS)(PS) Hasji v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PRATIKSHA LAL HASJI, No. 2:19-cv-01979 CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for disability and disability insurance benefits under Title II 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 1968, applied on April 14, 2016 for Title II benefits, alleging disability beginning November 1, 2015. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 9. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to hypoxemia, hiatal hernia, pneumonitis, and…