(SS) Baez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL JOHN BAEZ, Case No. 1:23-cv-00494-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; DIRECTING

v. THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO ENTER

JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL MICHAEL JOHN BAEZ AND AGAINST

SECURITY, DEFENDANT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL

SECURITY AND DIRECTING THE CLERK Defendant. OF THE COURT TO CLOSE THIS MATTER 16 (ECF Nos. 14, 16, 17) 17 I. INTRODUCTION Michael John Baez (“Plaintiff”) 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.1 Plaintiff requests the decision of the Commissioner be vacated and the case…