(SS) Alcala v. Commissioner of Social Security

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSICA ALCALA, No. 2:19-CV-1579-KJM-DMC Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Jessica Alcala brings this action 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security. The Commissioner denied her benefits based on an administrative law judge’s decision that she was not “disabled” under the Social Security Act. See Admin. Record (AR) 697–721, ECF No. 11-25. The parties have both moved for summary judgment. See Mot., ECF No. 16; Cross-Mot., ECF No. 18. The motions were referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided by Eastern District of California local rules, and the Magistrate Judge filed findings and recommendations. ECF No. 28. The Magistrate Judge recommends reversing and remanding for further proceedings in light of several legal errors in the administrative law judge’s reasoning, which went uncorrected in an administrate appeal. The…