Berryhill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

E. M.,

Case No. 19-cv-02717-JCS Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, DENYING

ANDREW SAUL, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND Defendant. REMANDING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 18,

I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff E.M. brings this action challenging the final decision of Defendant Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”), denying E.M.’s application for disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. After the application was denied initially and upon reconsideration, a hearing was held before an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) on February 22, 2018. The ALJ denied E.M.’s application in a written decision dated May 31, 2018 in which she found that E.M.…