Kovach

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM JOSEPH KOVACH, Case No.: 3:18-cv-01848-GPC-BLM

Plaintiff,

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION DENYING

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

Commissioner of Social Security, GRANTING DEFENDANT’S Defendant. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

17 [Dkt. Nos. 14, 15.]

19 On August 7, 2018, Plaintiff William Joseph Kovach (“Plaintiff” or “Kovach”), 20 proceeding in forma pauperis and with counsel, filed this action seeking judicial review 21 of the Commissioner of Social Security’s final decision denying Plaintiff’s applications 22 for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff 23 subsequently filed a motion for summary judgment and Defendant responded with a 24 cross-motion for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 14, 15. On July 9, 2019, Magistrate 25 1 26 Judge Michael S. Berg issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) that Plaintiff’s 2 …