(SS) Garfield v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 GUADALUPE G. GARFIELD, Case No. 1:21-cv-01281-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 13)

Defendant. 17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding her application for disability insurance benefits. The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 8). Plaintiff argues as follows: 1. The ALJ misapplied the doctrine of res judicata under Chavez v. Bowen and erroneously adopted the same prior RFC despite finding that Plaintiff’s 25 circumstances changed. 26 2. The ALJ failed to include work-related limitations in the RFC consistent with 27 the nature and intensity of…