(SS) Hill v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL H. HILL, No. 1:18-cv-01673-DAD-HBK Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

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COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. No. 31) 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff Michael H. Hill filed this pro se appeal of the administrative decision of defendant Commissioner of Social Security denying his application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act and supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. (Doc. No. 1.) This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On September 10, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations finding that the administrative law judge’s conclusion that plaintiff was abusing substances and had relapsed in May 2017 was not supported by substantial evidence, and that this error was not harmless. (Doc. No. 31 at 9.) …