(SS) Griffiths v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK A. GRIFFITHS, No. 2:22-cv-00439 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying his application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-34. For the reasons that follow, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment will be DENIED, and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment will be GRANTED. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff applied for DIB on March 11, 2019. Administrative Record (“AR”) 170-171.2 The disability onset date was alleged to be February 9, 2017. AR 179. The application was 26 DIB is paid to disabled persons who have contributed to the Disability Insurance Program, and who suffer from a mental or physical disability. 42 U.S.C. § 423(a)(1); Bowen v.…