(SS) Lee v. Commissioner or Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YER LEE, No. 2:22-cv-01497 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 1978, applied on March 11, 2019 for DIB, alleging disability beginning September 26, 2017. Administrative Transcript (“AT”) 15, 27. Plaintiff alleged she was unable to work due to back pain, depression, right hip injury, right leg pain, anxiety, and sleep problems.…