(SS) Scott v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY LEON SCOTT, Case No. 1:22-cv-01324-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, GRANTING

v. DEFENDANT’S CROSS-MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND DENYING

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL

SECURITY,

(ECF Nos. 10, 15, 17, 18) Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Gregory Leon Scott (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability benefits pursuant to the Social Security Act. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, which were submitted, without oral argument, to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone.1 Plaintiff requests the decision of Commissioner be vacated and the case be remanded for further proceedings, arguing: (1) that the ALJ’s…