(SS) Pugh v. Commissioner Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONNA PUGH, No. 2:20-cv-02255 WBS CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying her application for disability and disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”). For the reasons discussed below, the undersigned Magistrate Judge will recommend that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1966, applied on January 6, 2017 for disability insurance benefits, alleging disability beginning October 17, 2016. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 75, 85. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to back pain, sciatic nerve damage, damaged vertebrae/lumbar, numbness in right foot and leg, fallen…