Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 JARRETT J., Case No. 20-cv-01201-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: CROSS-MOTIONS FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ANDREW SAUL, Re: Dkt. Nos. 16, 17 Defendant.

13 Plaintiff seeks judicial review of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) decision denying his application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. Plaintiff’s request for review of the ALJ’s unfavorable decision appears to have been granted by the Appeals Council, which resulted in an extensive written opinion that actually adopted the ALJ’s findings and legal conclusions upon the consideration of additional medical evidence that the ALJ had failed to include in the record; therefore, for present purposes, the opinion issued by the Appeals Council is the “final decision” of the Commissioner of Social Security which this court may review. See…