(SS) Pierdon v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KATHLEEN PIERDON, No. 2:20-cv-2151 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security1, 15 Defendant. 17 This social security action was submitted to the court without oral argument for ruling on plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment.2 Plaintiff argues that the Administrative Law Judge’s residual functional capacity determination was unsupported by evidence. For the reasons explained below, defendant’s motion is granted and this action is closed. //// 24 1 After the filing of this action Kilolo Kijakazi was appointed Acting Commissioner of Social 25 Security and has, therefore, been substituted as the defendant. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d) (“the person holding the Office of the 26 Commissioner shall, in his official capacity, be the proper defendant”). 27 Both parties have previously…