(SS) King v. Commissioner Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DENISE LEA KING, No. 2:20-cv-2178 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant. 17 This social security action was submitted to the Court without oral argument for ruling on plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment.2 Plaintiff’s motion argues that the Administrative Law Judge’s decision is constitutionally defective, and that the Administrative Law Judge’s treatment of the medical opinion evidence, plaintiff’s testimony, residual functional capacity determination, and step five finding were erroneous.

25 1 After the filing of this action Kilolo Kijakazi was appointed Acting Commissioner of Social Security and has, therefore, been substituted as the defendant. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d) (“the person holding the Office of the Commissioner shall, in his official…