(SS) Shelton v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEYLA LEANN SHELTON, No. 2:21-cv-02379 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”). The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in the case, including the entry of final judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1976, applied on March 28, 2017 for SSI, alleging disability beginning January 1, 2014. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 11, 29. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to anatomical issues of the back, spinal stenosis, Sjogren syndrome, depression,…