(SS) Anderson v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MORRIS C. ANDERSON, No. 2:20-cv-01504 CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying applications for Disability Income Benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”), respectively. 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 deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Commissioner’s cross- motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1976, applied on December 23, 2016 for DIB, and on September 5, 2017 for SSI, both times alleging disability beginning October 10, 2016. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 10, 20, 164-167.…