(SS) Gomez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KIMO C. GOMEZ, No. 1:22-cv-00770 DAD AC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 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, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be GRANTED, and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment be DENIED. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff applied for DIB on November 10, 2014. Administrative Record (“AR”) 191-94.2 The disability onset date was alleged to be May 1, 2013. Id. In an ALJ decision dated April 4, 26 DIB is paid to disabled persons who have contributed to the Disability Insurance Program, and who suffer from a mental or…