(SS)(PS) Lowinger v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID LEE LOWINGER, No. 2:22–cv–00963 KJM CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis, has requested review of a Social Security or Supplemental Social Security Income (“SSI”) decision. (ECF No. 1.) On April 28, 2023, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which contained notice to the parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. (ECF No. 17.) The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law by the magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court and [the appellate] court . . . .”). Having reviewed the file, the court finds the…