(SS) Kendall v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LORI LYNN KENDALL, Case No. 1:19-cv-01485-SKO

Plaintiff,

v. O SER CD UE RR I TO YN CP OLA MI PN LT AIF INF’ TS SOCIAL

ANDREW SAUL,

Commissioner of Social Security, (Doc. 1)

Defendant. _____________________________________/

16 I. INTRODUCTION On May 6, 2017, Plaintiff Lori Lynn Kendall (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application for Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Administrative Record (“AR”) 568–69; see No. 1:17–cv–00642–SKO, Doc. 1.) On May 8, 2018, the Court vacated the Commissioner’s decision and remanded the case for further administrative proceedings. (See AR 580–603; No. 1:17–cv–00642–SKO, Doc. 21.) After the Commissioner again denied her application for DIB payments, Plaintiff filed the 26 …