(SS) Hadzic v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZEKERIJAH HADZIC, No. 2:20-cv-00640 CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for disability and disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Act. The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in the case, including the entry of final judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and deny the Commissioner’s cross- motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND At the hearing on his claim in September 2018, plaintiff testified (through an interpreter) to the following: He was born in Bosnia in 1966 and immigrated to the United States in 1999, speaking only…