(SS) Burns v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES L. BURNS, III, Case No. 2:20-cv-01182-JDP (SS) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING CLAIMANT’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. AND DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ECF Nos. 18 & 22 15 Defendant. 16 17 Claimant challenges the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits. He argues that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) committed multiple errors in evaluating his mental impairments and impermissibly relied on testimony from a vocational expert. The Commissioner contends that the ALJ properly evaluated claimant’s mental impairments and reasonably relied on the vocational expert’s testimony. Both parties have moved for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 18 & 23. The court agrees that the ALJ erred in evaluating claimant’s mental impairments and therefore grants…