(SS) Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. INTRODUCTION

17 Plaintiff Deborah Annie Williams (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Doc. 1.) The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, 22 without oral argument, to the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto, United States Magistrate Judge.

II. BACKGROUND

23 Plaintiff was born on December 26, 1965, and was 51 years old as of the application date 24 in the current case. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 27, 33, 133, 144, 428, 441, 449.) She has a 25 high school education. (AR 33, 53, 433.) 26 In a decision dated December 10, 2015, an ALJ rejected Plaintiff’s prior application for SSI 27 28 payments, assessing a residual functional capacity (“RFC”)2 of medium work with additional reaching restrictions. (AR 111–20.) On October 16, 2017, Plaintiff again applied for SSI payments, initially alleging she became disabled on July 15, 2012, due to diabetes, high cholesterol, shoulder problems, carpal…