Hopton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TIMOTHY HOPTON, Case No. 18-cv-05435-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE CROSS MOTIONS FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ANDREW SAUL, Re: Dkt. No. 18, 29 Commissioner of Social Security, 11 Defendant.

13 Plaintiff Timothy Hopton seeks social security benefits for mental impairments, including 14 obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, major 15 depressive disorder, and an insomnia disorder. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 59.) Pursuant to 16 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), Plaintiff filed this lawsuit for judicial review of the final decision by the 17 Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his benefits claim. Now before the 18 Court are Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Motions for Summary Judgment. (Dkt. Nos. 18, 29.) 19 Because the Administrative Law Judge’s weighing of the medical evidence and adverse credibility 20 finding are not supported by substantial evidence, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion, DENIES 21 Defendant’s cross-motion,…