(SS) Roland v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 CHARLES RICHARD ROLAND, Case No. 1:21-cv-01249-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 19)

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 his application for supplemental security income benefits.1 The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by a 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 presents the following three issues: 1. The ALJ erred as a matter of law in rejecting the opinion of Plaintiff’s treating physician, Dr. Juan Lopez Solorza. 2. The ALJ failed to offer clear and convincing reasons for rejecting the Plaintiff’s subjective

27 1 The 2020 opinion at issue follows…