(SS) Stockdale v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAQUEL STOCKDALE, No. 2:21-cv-0504-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER ON PARTIES’ CROSS MOTIONS

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. (ECF Nos. 19, 20.) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security again denying her application for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, after remand by a sister district court. In the motion for summary judgment, plaintiff contends the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) improperly evaluated the medical opinion evidence and failed to support her Step 4 and Step 5 determinations with substantial evidence. The Commissioner filed a cross motion for summary judgment in opposition; and plaintiff replied. For the reasons stated below, the court DENIES plaintiff’s motion, GRANTS the Commissioner’s cross-motion, and AFFIRMS the final decision of the Commissioner.

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