(SS) Gowan v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 REBECCA ANN GOWAN, No. 1:23-cv-00598 DAD AC 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 MARTIN O’MALLEY, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 14 Defendant. 15

16 17 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security 18 (“Commissioner”), denying her application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under 19 Title XVI of the Social Security Act (the “Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1383f.1 For the reasons that 20 follow, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be denied and 21 that the Commissioner’s cross-motion for summary judgment be granted. 22 I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 23 Plaintiff applied for supplemental security income on June 16, 2021. Administrative 24 Record (“AR”) 267-75.2 Plaintiff alleged the disability onset date was January 1, 2011. AR 267. 25 1 SSI is paid to financially needy disabled persons. 42 U.S.C. § 1382(a); Washington State Dept. 26 of Social and…