(SS) White v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TYRONE L. WHITE, No. 2:19-cv-01498-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,
15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Tyrone L. White commenced this social security action on August 5, 2019. ECF Nos. 1-3. On July 23, 2020, the court denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, granted the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment, and entered judgment for the Commissioner. ECF Nos. 14, 15. A single issue was presented in this case: whether the ALJ was entitled to rely on the VE’s testimony to determine what jobs exist for a person with plaintiff’s RFC and whether those jobs exist in significant numbers in the national economy. ECF No. 11 at 4. The undersigned determined that the ALJ was entitled to rely on the VE’s testimony regarding the number of relevant jobs in the national economy. ECF No. 14 at 6.
This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(15) and both parties voluntarily…