(SS) Davis v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES JOHN DAVIS, No. 2:20-cv-01197 CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KAJIKAZI, Acting 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 Income Benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (“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 Plaintiff, born in 1961, worked from 1995 through 2008 as a truck driver and supervisor at two trucking companies. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 476-477. He applied on May 22, 2014 for DIB, alleging disability beginning November 21, 2008. AT 17, 477. Plaintiff…