(SS) Landis v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LISA LANDIS,

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

9 v. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL SECURITY COMPLAINT

MARTIN O’MALLEY,

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