Tibbetts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL TIBBETTS, Case No. 3:22-cv-00898-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v.

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Defendant.

Plaintiff Michael Tibbetts challenges a decision by a Social Security Administration (SSA) administrative law judge (ALJ) that denied his application for disability benefits under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Dkt. No. 1. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Dkt. Nos. 13, 14. Tibbetts also filed a reply brief in opposition to the Commissioner’s cross-motion and in support of his motion for summary judgment. Dkt. No. 15. Tibbetts’s motion is granted, and the case is remanded to the SSA for further proceedings consistent with this order. Defendant’s motion is denied. In a decision dated December 29, 2020, the ALJ found that Tibbetts suffers from a number of severe impairments, including “right wrist radial motor palsy; left knee degenerative joint disease; obesity; and anxiety disorder.” Administrative…