(SS) Valdizon v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NELSON VALDIZON,

Case No. 1:20-cv-01271-SKO 11 Plaintiff,

12 v. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLAINT

KILOLO KIJAKAZI,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,1 Defendant. (Doc. 1)

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19 I. INTRODUCTION On September 8, 2020, Plaintiff Nelson Valdizon (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Doc. 1.) The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to the

1 On July 9, 2021, Kilolo Kijakazi was named Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/history/commissioners.html. She is therefore substituted as the defendant in this action. …