(SS) Moreno v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 ELIZABETH ANN MORENO, Case No. 1:22-cv-00377-EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 20).

Defendant. 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an 19 unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding her 20 application for supplemental security income benefits. The parties have consented to entry of 21 final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) 22 with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 12). 23 Plaintiff presents the following issues: 24 1. Ms. Moreno did not intelligently or knowingly waive her right to 25 representation and was prejudiced as a result. 26 2. The ALJ’s finding of depression as a “non-severe” impairment at step Two is not supported by substantial evidence and is harmfully erroneous. (ECF No. 20,…