(SS) Faught v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAURIE ANN FAUGHT,

Case No. 1:20-cv-00782-SKO Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

SECURITY COMPLAINT

KILOLO KIJAKAZI1,

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

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18 I. INTRODUCTION On June 4, 2020, Laurie Ann Faught (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c) seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her applications for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Doc. 1.) The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were 25

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…