(SS) Soltero v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIA ANGELICA SOLTERO, No. 2:23-cv-0521 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER MARTIN O’MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant. 17 This social security action was submitted to the court without oral argument for ruling on plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment.2 Plaintiff’s motion argues that the Administrative Law Judge erred with respect to the treatment of plaintiff’s testimony and at step four of the sequential evaluation. //// 23 1 Martin O’Malley became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on December 20, 2023. See https://blog.ssa.gov/martin-j-omalley-sworn-in-as-commissioner-of-social- security-administration/ (last visited by the court on February 21, 2024). Accordingly, Martin 25 O’Malley is substituted in as the defendant in this action. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. § 422.210(d) (“the person holding the Office…