(SS) Padilla v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 LORRIANE PADILLA, Case No. 1:19-cv-01608-EPG 12 Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL v. SECURITY COMPLAINT 14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (ECF Nos. 16, 22) SECURITY,

Defendant.

17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Lorraine Carol Padilla’s (“Plaintiff”) 18 complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social 19 Security Administration. The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by the United 20 States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court 21 of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF Nos. 7, 9, 19). 22 At a hearing on February 22, 2021, the Court heard from the parties and, having reviewed 23 the record, administrative transcript, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, finds as 24 follows: 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 Plaintiff first argues that the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) Residual Functional Capacity…