(SS) Kilpatrick v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Terri Kilpatrick, No. 2:22-cev-00255-KJM-KJIN Plaintiff, ORDER v. Commissioner of Social Security, 1S Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Terri Kilpatrick applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits after a 2015 motorcycle accident. An administrative law judge determined in early 2021 that she is not 20 disabled. She challenges that decision in this action. The matter was referred to a Magistrate Judge, who recommends affirming the administrative law judge’s decision in findings and recommendations filed in October 2022. See generally F&Rs, ECF No. 21. Kilpatrck objects to only a portion of the Magistrate Judge’s findings and recommendations. See Objs., ECF No. 22. The Magistrate Judge found the administrative law 25 judge had wrongly overlooked some conclusions by Edie Glantz, M.D., a doctor who had examined Kilpatrick. See F&Rs at 9. In Dr. Glantz’s…