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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICKINZIE T.,

Case No. 20-cv-06932-DMR Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER RE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND MOTION FOR

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, REMAND

10 Defendant. Re: Dkt. Nos. 21, 26

Plaintiff Mickinzie T. moves for summary judgment to reverse the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (the “Commissioner’s”) final administrative decision, which found Plaintiff not disabled and therefore denied her application for benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. [Docket No. 21 (“Pltf. Mot.”), 27 (“Reply”).] Plaintiff’s requested remedy is a remand for award of benefits. See Pltf. Mot. at 13, 24-25; Reply at 14. The Commissioner concedes that the final administrative decision must be reversed, but moves the court to remand for further proceedings, not for an award of benefits. [Docket No. 26 (“Def. Mot.”) at 1-2.] For the reasons stated below, the court…