(SS) Ward v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MITCHELL E. WARD, No. 2:22-cv-1771 DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MARTIN O’MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 16 Defendant. 17 18 This social security action was submitted to the court without oral argument for ruling on 19 plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment.2 20 Plaintiff argues that the ALJ’s treatment of the medical opinion evidence constituted error. For 21 //// 22 //// 23 1 Martin O’Malley became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on December 24 20, 2023. See https://blog.ssa.gov/martin-j-omalley-sworn-in-as-commissioner-of-social- 25 security-administration/ (last visited by the court on February 21, 2024). Accordingly, Martin O’Malley is substituted in as the defendant in this action. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the 26 “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d) (“the person holding the Office of the Commissioner shall, in his official capacity, be the…