(SS) Shuklian v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 PETE SHUKLIAN, Case No. 1:21-cv-01497-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 14).

Defendant. 17 18 19 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an 20 unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding his 21 application for disability benefits. The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by the 22 United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the 23 Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 8). 24 Plaintiff presents the following issues: 25 1. Whether the ALJ failed to fully and fairly develop the record and obtain an opinion from a treating or examining medical source. 2. Whether the ALJ erred in failing to reconcile conflicts between the vocational 27 expert testimony, the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, and the ALJ’s established …