(SS) Aristo v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STACY ANN ARISTO, No. 2:19-cv-1769 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff brought this action seeking judicial review of a final administrative decision denying an application for Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act. On September 9, 2021, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and remanded this matter for further proceedings. (ECF No. 19.) Upon remand plaintiff was awarded benefits, including retroactive benefits amounting to $101,600. (ECF No. 23 at 4; ECF No. 23-3 at 2-11; ECF No. 23-4 at 5.) On June 12, 2023, 24 1 After the filing of this action Kilolo Kijakazi was appointed Acting Commissioner of Social 25 Security and has, therefore, been substituted as the defendant. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d) (“the person holding the Office of…