(SS) Ponce v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 AMELIA PONCE, Case No. 1:20-cv-01664-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER
REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL
v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (ECF Nos. 22, 23)
SECURITY,
16 Defendant. 17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Amelia Ponce’s (“Plaintiff”) complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. (ECF No. 1). The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 7, 10, 11). Plaintiff challenges the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) on the following grounds: (1) The ALJ’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”) determination is unsupported by substantial evidence because the ALJ erroneously rejected the opinion of 26 treating physician Dr. Kamal; and 27 (2) The ALJ erred in rejecting Plaintiff’s…