(SS) Barasa Hiten v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN BARASA HITEN, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-0473 JLT BAM ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING v. ) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY ) JUDGMENT, DENYING DEFENDANT’S KILOLO KIJAKAZI1, ) REQUEST TO AFFIRM, AND REMANDING Acting Commissioner of Social Security, ) FOR FURTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ) PROCEEDINGS ) Defendant. ) (Docs. 21, 22, and 23) )

Jonathan Hiten initiated this action seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying his application for benefits. (Docs. 1, 21.) The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. The magistrate judge found the ALJ’s decision was “not supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole and is not based on proper legal standards.” (Doc. 23 at 13; see also id. at 8-12.) 23 …