(SS) O'Neal v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER O’NEAL, Case No. 1:23-cv-00619-TLN-SAB

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING GRANTING

v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND REMANDING THIS

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL ACTION FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS

SECURITY,

(ECF Nos. 10, 14, 15) Defendant. OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOUREEN

DAYS

15 I. INTRODUCTION Christopher O’Neal (“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. Plaintiff requests the decision of Commissioner be vacated and the case be remanded for payment of benefits, or in the alternative, further proceedings, arguing the administrative law judge did not properly evaluate his symptom testimony and failed to address later evidence in the…