McMeekin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JEANETT M., Case No. 21-cv-00587-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION TO ALTER OR

v. AMEND JUDGMENT

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. No. 25 Defendant.

12 The Court granted summary judgment to Plaintiff on April 27, 2022 and entered judgment on May 2, 2022. (Dkt. Nos. 23, 24.) Before the Court is Defendant’s motion to alter or amend the judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). (Dkt. No. 25.) Defendant challenges one sentence from the summary judgment order:

The ALJ must explain how he considered supportability and consistency, may explain how he considered the relationship factors, and is not required to explain the other factors. See [Woods v. Kijakazi, 32 F.4th 785, 792 (9th Cir. 2022)]; see also 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520c(b)(2). (Dkt. No. 23 at 6.) A Rule 59(e) alteration “is an extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly in the interests of finality and…