(SS) Vue v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN JONG-LA VUE, Case No. 1:20-cv-01302-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

SECURITY APPEAL

v. (ECF Nos. 16, 18, 23) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Jonathan Jong-La Vue (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability benefits pursuant to the Social Security Act. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. Plaintiff submits that the ALJ erred by failing to afford great weight to treating psychiatrists without specific and legitimate reasons, by failing to provide clear and convincing reasons for rejecting Plaintiff’s testimony, and in failing to properly analyze whether Plaintiff’s mental impairments met or equaled a listing. For the reasons set forth…