Murray

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 M.M., Case No. 23-cv-03867-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER REVERSING DECISION

v. AND REMANDING APPLICATION

MARTIN O’MALLEY, Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 11, 15 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff M.M. filed this action against the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration1 claiming that he was improperly denied disability insurance benefits after an administrative hearing. For the reasons set forth below, the agency’s decision is reversed and M.M.’s application is remanded for reconsideration of his symptom testimony. I. Background M.M. worked for nearly 30 years as a UPS driver. Transcript, Dkt. No. 10, at 283. He had a heart attack in August 2020 and applied for Social Security Disability Insurance the next month, reporting that the heart attack and a back injury were limiting his ability to work. Tr. 282. M.M.’s disability claim was denied both initially and on reconsideration. Tr. 85, 105. He appealed. Tr. 126. An…