(SS) Ligons v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY LEON LIGONS, No. 2:21-cv-00084 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 grant plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and deny the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1967, applied on October 25, 2012 for DIB, alleging disability beginning September 15, 2012. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 89, 175, 205, 1100. Plaintiff alleged he was unable to work due to nerve damage, neck injury, peripheral nervous system…