Ortega

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 JENNIFER NOAMI ORTEGA, Case No. 19-cv-03242-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL Re: Dkt. Nos. 22,

SECURITY,

12 Defendant. 13 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) decision denying her application for supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. On September 27, 2013, Plaintiff filed her application for benefits alleging an onset date of January 1, 1996. See Administrative Record (“AR”) at 407-17.1 Initially, Plaintiff’s application was granted by an ALJ in September of 2016, but the Appeals Council remanded her case stating that it was not supported by substantial evidence. Id. at 28. On remand, the ALJ denied her application on March 9, 2018. Id. at 54. Plaintiff’s request for review of the ALJ’s unfavorable decision was denied by the Appeals Council on April 9, 2019 (id. at 1-4),…