Pirnik
Pirnik v. Saul
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TIMOTHY P., Case No. 19-cv-03976-EMC
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART
PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND
DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S
ANDREW M. SAUL, CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT
Defendant. Docket Nos. 18, 21 12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Timothy P. (“Mr. P”) seeks to reverse the 2018 decision (“2018 ALJ Decision”) by Administrative Law Judge Patrick Hannon (“ALJ Hannon”) that denied Mr. P disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. Mr. P alleged disability beginning May 20, 2012 (the alleged onset date) through June 30, 2012 (Mr. P’s last date insured). Applying res judicata from a prior unfavorable ALJ decision (“2012 ALJ decision”), ALJ Hannon found that Mr. P did not overcome the presumption of continuing nondisability, which arises in disability proceedings that follow a previous ALJ’s finding of nondisability. …