Kentaya Laresa Jenkins v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 KENTAYA LARESA JENKINS, Case No. 19-cv-02094-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ANDREW M. SAUL, Re: Dkt. Nos. 22, 24 Defendant.

13 Plaintiff Kentaya Jenkins appeals a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”)1 denying her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income (“SSI”) under Titles II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 423, 1381, et seq. Ms. Jenkins claims that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred in two respects. First, she contends that the ALJ failed to provide sufficient reasons for partially discounting her allegations and testimony regarding the severity and limiting effects of her impairments. Second, Ms. Jenkins claims that the ALJ did not provide sufficient reasons for giving little weight to the testimony of her mother, Theresa Jenkins,…