(SS) Madrid v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LISA L. MADRID, No. 1:21-cv-0352 JLT SAB Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING

v. PLAINTIFF’S APPEAL, DENYING THE

COMMISSIONER’S REQUEST TO AFFIRM

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting THE DECISION, AND REMANDING THE Commissioner of Social Security, MATTER FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 Defendant. U.S.C. § 405(g) 16 (Docs. 13, 17, and 19) 17 Lisa Madrid seeks judicial review of the administrative decision denying her application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, asserting the ALJ erred in finding her impairments were not severe at step two of the sequential analysis. (Doc. 13.) The Commissioner argued the administrative decision should be upheld by the Court. (Doc. 17.) The assigned magistrate judge found ALJ erred at step two, and the error was not harmless. (Doc. 19 at 18-27.) The magistrate judge…