(SS) Culverson v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 JASON ALLEN CULVERSON, Case No. 1:21-cv-01033- EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 16).

Defendant. 17 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 regarding his application for disability and supplemental security income benefits. 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. 9). Plaintiff argues that: (1) “The ALJ harmfully erred by failing to identify and resolve an apparent conflict between the DOT [Dictionary of Occupational Titles,] and VE [vocational expert] testimony per SSR 00-4p”; and (2) “The MRFC [mental residual functional capacity] is not supported by…