Palafox

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSEPHINE PALAFOX, Case No. 20-cv-07944-HSG

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND DENYING

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting DEFENDANT’S CROSS-MOTION FOR Commissioner of Social Security, SUMMARY JUDGMENT 11 Defendant. Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 20 12 13 Defendant Andrew Saul,1 the former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, acting in his official capacity, denied Plaintiff Josephine Palafox’s application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”). Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiff seeks judicial review of that decision. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, see Dkt. No. 17 (“Pl. Mot.”), and DENIES Defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment, see Dkt. No. 20 (“Def. Mot.”). I. BACKGROUND In a prior application for disability benefits, the claimant was found able to perform 21 unskilled sedentary labor in a hearing decision issued on March 25, 2015. AR…