(SS) Lo v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMANDA N. LO, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-0524 JLT HBK ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING v. ) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY ) JUDGMENT, GRANTING DEFENDANT’S KILOLO KIJAKAZI, ) CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ) JUDGMENT, AND AFFIRMING THE ) DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF ) SOCIAL SECURITY Defendant. ) ) (Docs. 19, 21, and 22)

Amanda Lo initiated this action seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying her application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits. (Docs. 1, 19.) Plaintiff contends the administrative law judge erred in finding that her major depressive disorder, a medically determinable impairment, was not a “severe” impairment at step two. (Doc.19 at 5-16.) The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate…