(SS)Gallegos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENNY DECARLO GALLEGOS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00090-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; DIRECTING

v. CLERK OF THE COURT TO ENTER

JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

SECURITY, AND AGAINST PLAINTIFF BENNY

DECARLO GALLEGOS AND TO CLOSE Defendant. THIS ACTION 16 (ECF Nos. 13, 15, 17, 18) 17 I. INTRODUCTION Benny DeCarlo Gallegos (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability benefits pursuant to the Social Security Act. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. For the reasons explained herein, 25 …