I.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 K. I., Case No. 20-cv-05811-JSC

Plaintiff,

AMENDED ORDER RE: CROSS-

v. MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 25 Defendant.

13 Plaintiff seeks Social Security benefits for physical and mental impairments including a gun shot to the spine, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.1 (Administrative Record (“AR”) 234, 276.) Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), Plaintiff filed this lawsuit for judicial review of the final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying his benefits claim. After carefully considering the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, (Dkt. Nos. 17, 25), the Court concludes that oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion, DENIES Defendant’s cross-motion, and REMANDS for further proceedings. Because the ALJ erred in her evaluation of the medical evidence and rejection of Plaintiff’s subjective symptom testimony, but…