Dennehy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 MIRIAM D., Case No. 22-cv-04685-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: CROSS-MOTIONS FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Re: Dkt. Nos. 11, 20 Defendant.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff seeks judicial review of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) decision denying her application for disability employment benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. See Admin. Rec. (“AR”) at 15-25.2 Following the denial of a prior application on March 29, 2019, Plaintiff filed a second application for Title II benefits on June 4, 2019. Id. at 63-80, 251-54.3 Plaintiff’s second application (the subject of the present dispute) was denied by an ALJ on August 5, 2021, as was Plaintiff’s request for review of that decision by the Appeals Council. Id. at 1-3, 15-25. As such, the ALJ’s decision is the “final decision” of the Commissioner of Social Security, which…