(SS) Macias v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LORENA MACIAS, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-1283 JLT SKO ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING v. ) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT, ) DENYING DEFENDANT’S REQUEST TO MARTIN O’MALLEY1, ) AFFIRM, AND REMANDING FOR FURTHER Commissioner of Social Security, ) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS ) Defendant. ) (Docs. 14, 17, and 21) ) )

Lorena Macias seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying her application for benefits. (Docs. 1, 14.) The magistrate judge found “the ALJ erred by failing to provide specific, clear and convincing reasons to discount Plaintiff’s subjective complaints, and that error was not harmless.” (Doc. 21 at 8; see also id. at 13-18.) Therefore, the magistrate judge recommended Plaintiff’s motion for judgment be granted and the matter be remanded for…