(SS) Vieira v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANKIE VIERA, No. 2:18-cv-0955 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff brought this action seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying applications for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act and for Supplemental Security Income under Title XVI. On March 25, 2020, the Court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remanded this matter for the payment of benefits. (ECF No. 23.) On remand plaintiff was awarded benefits. (ECF No. 32 at 6.) ////

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 capacity, be the proper…