(SS) Gonzalez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAURA ELENA GONZALEZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00336-EPG Plaintiff, v. FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLAINT

SECURITY,

(ECF Nos. 17, 22) Defendant.

17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an 18 unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding her 19 application for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income. The parties have 20 consented to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions 21 of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF Nos. 7, 22 10, 12.) 23 At a hearing on June 22, 2021, the Court heard from the parties and, having reviewed the 24 record, administrative transcript, the parties’ briefs, and the applicable law, finds as follows:

I. Chronic Heart Failure

26 Plaintiff claims that the ALJ…