(SS) Blalock v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODNEY NOWELL BLALOCK, Case No. 1:21-cv-00144-EPG Plaintiff, v. FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER
REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLAINT
SECURITY,
(ECF No. 18, 21) Defendant. 16 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Rodney Nowell Blalock’s (“Plaintiff”) 19 complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social 20 Security Administration. The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by a United States 21 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the 22 Ninth Circuit. (ECF Nos. 8, 10, 11). The matter was taken under submission on the parties’ briefs without a hearing. Having reviewed the record, the administrative transcript, the parties’ briefs, and the applicable law, the Court finds as follows. I. DISCUSSION Plaintiff argues that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in…