(SS) Rania v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD RANIA, No. 2:20-cv-01541 MCE CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KILOLO KIJAKAZI, 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”). For the reasons discussed below, the undersigned Magistrate Judge will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1957, worked as a golf course ranger, golf course greenskeeper, water and sewer systems supervisor, operating engineer, highway maintenance worker, and landscape laborer. AT 26, 199. He applied on December 2, 2016 for disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning October 1, 2015. Administrative Transcript…