(SS) Esparza v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KATHLEEN VICTORIA ESPARZA, No. 2:23-cv-00681 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER MARTIN O’MALLEY, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying her application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (“the Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-34. For the reasons that follow, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment will be GRANTED, and defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment will be DENIED. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff applied for DIB on September 6, 2017. Administrative Record (“AR”) 70. The disability onset date was alleged to be June 29, 2011. AR 70. The application was disapproved initially and on reconsideration. AR 103-106, 109-113. On October 31, 2018, ALJ Vincent 26 DIB is paid to disabled persons who have contributed to the Disability Insurance…