(SS) Bayma v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KARA MARET BAYMA, No. 2:22-cv-02321 CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER MARTIN O’MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying an application for Disability Income Benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”). The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in the case, including the entry of final judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and grant the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, born in 1968, applied on June 26, 2019 for DIB, alleging disability beginning April 1, 2019. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 29, 323-329. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to depression, anxiety, degenerative disc disease, spondylitis, slipped disc, obsessive-…