(SS) Sandoval v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GABRIELA CORTEZ SANDOVAL, No. 2:21-cv-1134-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. (ECF Nos. 18, 20.) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying her application for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income. In her summary judgment motion, plaintiff contends the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in crafting her residual functional capacity because: (A) no physician’s opinion expressed the exact physical limitations adopted; and (B) the ALJ found persuasive the psychological opinions but ignored certain mental limitations expressed therein. The Commissioner opposed and filed a cross–motion for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the court RECOMMENDS plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied, the Commissioner’s cross-motion be granted, and the final decision of the 26 …