(SS) Landis v. Commissioner of Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LISA LANDIS,

Case No. 1:23-cv-00881-SKO 8 Plaintiff,

9 v. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL 10 SECURITY COMPLAINT

MARTIN O’MALLEY,

11 Commissioner of Social Security,1 12 Defendant. (Doc. 1) 13 _____________________________________/ 14 15 I. INTRODUCTION 16 Plaintiff Lisa Landis (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the 17 Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application 18 for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under the Social Security Act (the “Act”). (Doc. 1.) The 19 matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral 20 argument, to the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto, United States Magistrate Judge.2 21 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 22 On March 1, 2021, Plaintiff protectively filed an application for DIB payments, alleging 23 she became disabled on August 31, 2013, due to spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, disk degenerative 24 disease, facet…