(SS) Rivera v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JUAN JOSE RIVERA, Case No. 1:20-cv-00428-EPG 10 Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL v. SECURITY COMPLAINT 12 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (ECF Nos. 1, 16). SECURITY,

Defendant. 15 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an 16 unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding his 17 application for Supplemental Security Income. The parties have consented to entry of final 18 judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with 19 any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF Nos. 6, 10, 11.) 20 Having reviewed the record, administrative transcript, the briefs of the parties, and the 21 applicable law, the Court finds as follows:

I. ANALYSIS

23 A. Whether the ALJ Committed Error Regarding Plaintiff’s Treating Physician 24 Plaintiff argues that the ALJ committed legal error in failing…