UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KAREN K. KNIFFEN,
Case No. 1:21-cv-00703-SKO 11 Plaintiff,
12 v. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLAINT
KILOLO KIJAKAZI,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,1 Defendant. (Doc. 1)
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I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Karen K. Kniffen (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her applications for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Doc. 1.) The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto, United States Magistrate Judge.2 26 1 On July 9, 2021, Kilolo Kijakazi was named Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/history/commissioners.html. She is therefore substituted as the…