(SS) Mitzel v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LONNIE LEO MITZEL, Case No. 1:20-cv-01757-BAK

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

SECURITY APPEAL

v. (ECF Nos. 14, 16, 17) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Lonnie Leo Mitzel (“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. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Social Security appeal shall be granted. II. BACKGROUND A. Procedural History On May 22, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Title XVI application for supplemental security income. (AR 192-93.) Plaintiff’s application was initially denied…