(SS) Clarke v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TED CLARKE, No. 2:20-cv-2360 CKD (SS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER 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 an application for Disability Income Benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”). The parties have consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in the case, including the entry of final judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1966, applied on May 3, 2018 for DIB, alleging disability beginning in 2012; he later amended the onset date to November 21, 2017. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 15, 17, 21. Plaintiff alleged he was unable to work due to back injury, neck injury,…