(SS) Callahan v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff Stephanie Elise Callahan (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) 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.1 II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff was born on August 28, 1966, has at least a high school education, and previously worked as a pharmacy technician. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 31, 32, 116, 134, 151, 297, 302, 303, 357, 398.) Plaintiff filed a claim for DIB payments on February 13, 2019, alleging she became 28 disabled on October 7, 2018, due to sciatica, nephropathy, migraine syndrome, diabetes, diverticulitis of the colon, short term memory loss, depression, and stress. (AR 277, 301, 357, 398.) A. Relevant Evidence of Record2 In February 2017, licensed clinical psychologist Aimee Sanchez, Ph.D. performed a 5…