(SS) Luis Antonio Frausto v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LUIS ANTONIO FRAUSTO, Case No. 1:21-cv-01132-SAB
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL
SECURITY APPEAL
v. (ECF Nos. 16, 18) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
15 Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Luis Antonio Frausto (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his 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 argues the ALJ erred by: (1) finding the opinion from Dr. Marie Flores (“Dr. Flores”) not persuasive without proper consideration of the supportability and consistency of the opinion with the record; and (2) by failing to include work-related limitations in the RFC consistent with the nature and intensity of Plaintiff’s limitations, and failing to…