(SS) Silva 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 JASON MICHAEL SILVA, No. 2:22-cv-01814-CKD 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security 18 denying his application for Supplemental Security Income.1 In the summary judgment motion, 19 plaintiff contends the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in (1) improperly evaluating his 20 symptom allegations and (2) improperly evaluating the persuasiveness of Licensed Clinical Social 21 Worker (“LCSW”) Shelly Goscha’s opinion. (See ECF No. 15 at 5-16.) Plaintiff seeks a remand 22 for a grant of benefits or for further proceedings. The Commissioner opposed, and filed a cross– 23 motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 19.) 24 For the reasons that follow, the court DENIES plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, 25 GRANTS the Commissioner’s cross-motion, and AFFIRMS the final decision of the 26 Commissioner. 27 1 This action was referred to the undersigned pursuant to…