(SS) MacGregor v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BEVERLY SUE MACGREGOR, No. 2:21-cv-00021 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, worked as a cashier/stocker at a grocery store from 1998 to 2016. AT 21. She applied on for DIB on September 6, 2017, alleging disability beginning October 1, 2016. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 15, 278. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work…