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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PAMELA J. WILLIAMS, Case No. 19-cv-03603-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ANDREW M. SAUL, Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 26 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Pamela J. Williams (“Williams”) brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”) that denied Williams’ claim for disability benefits. Williams’ case has been reviewed in the District Court before; it was remanded for further proceedings on a narrow issue. But in the second decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) denying Williams’ claims for benefits, the ALJ again did not adequately address that narrow issue--she failed to ask the Vocational Expert (“VE”) to reconcile the conflict between the VE’s testimony that Williams was able to engage in her past relevant work as a customer service representative while needing to stand for one…