(SS) Gowan v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 REBECCA ANN GOWAN, No. 1:23-cv-00598 DAD AC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MARTIN O’MALLEY, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant.

16 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), denying her application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1383f. For the reasons that follow, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and that the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff applied for supplemental security income on June 16, 2021. Administrative Record (“AR”) 267-75. Plaintiff alleged the disability onset date was January 1, 2011. AR 267. 25 SSI is paid to financially needy disabled persons. 42 U.S.C. § 1382(a); Washington State Dept. of Social and…