(SS) Harrison v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 VICTOR RENARD HARRISON, Case No. 1:20-cv-01558-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 19, 22.)

Defendant. 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 10). Plaintiff argues that: (1) the ALJ failed to account for the limitation to simple work activity with a logical, rational, and stated basis; and (2) the vocational expert’s understanding of the limitation to routine tasks renders the identification of work as in conflict with the DOT that the ALJ failed to resolve. (ECF No. 19). Having reviewed the record, administrative…