(SS) Garcia v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CARLOS GARCIA, Case No. 1:20-cv-00924-CDB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

13 v. REVERSING THE COMMISSIONER OF

SOCIAL SECURITY’S DECISION

14 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,1 (Doc. 16) 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 Carlos Garcia (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner 19 of Social Security (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying his application for disability 20 insurance and supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act. (Doc. 1). 21 The matter currently is before the Court on the certified administrative record (Doc. 13) and the 22 parties’ briefs, which were submitted without oral argument. (Docs. 16, 19, 25).2 Plaintiff asserts 23

24 1 On December 20, 2023, Martin O’Malley was named Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/history/commissioners.html. He therefore is 25 substituted as the defendant in this…