(SS) Curlee v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY JOHN CURLEE, Case No. 1:20-cv-00145-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

SECURITY APPEAL

v. (ECF Nos. 36, 38, 39) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Larry John Curlee (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his request to review the administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) dismissal of his request for a hearing to challenge the suspension of retirement benefits, following Plaintiff’s failure to appear at his hearing or submit a response to the ALJ’s request to show cause. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted without oral argument, to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Social Security appeal shall be denied. /// 27 The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the…