(SS) Rachel L. Prieto v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RACHEL LILLIAN PRIETO, Case No. 1:21-cv-00816-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

SECURITY APPEAL

v. (ECF Nos. 24, 26) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Rachel Lillian Prieto (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application for disability benefits pursuant to the Social Security Act. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. Plaintiff submits the ALJ erred because: (1) substantial evidence does not support the ALJ’s determination that Plaintiff’s past relevant work (“PRW”) as caregiver constituted substantial gainful activity (“SGA”) and does not support the ALJ’s finding of non-disability at step four; and (2) the ALJ’s residual functional capacity finding is not based on…