(SS) De Cendejas v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 ENRIQUETA VEGA DE CENDEJAS, Case No. 1:20-cv-01181-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER
REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL
v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL (ECF Nos. 1, 23).
SECURITY,
16 Defendant. 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding her application for disability insurance benefits. 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. 12). Plaintiff argues in her motion for summary judgment that (1) the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) committed harmful error failing to defer to and afford “greatest weight” to the well- supported treating physician medical source statement (MSS) from Dr. Joanne Spalding, absent the requisite “specific and legitimate” reasons; (2) the…