Celallos v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 26

FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER regarding Plaintiff's Social Security Complaint; Court GRANTS Plaintiff's appeal from the Administrative Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security and the case is Remanded to the Social Security Administration for Calculation and Award of Benefits; ORDER DIRECTING to enter Judgment In Favor of Plaintiff and Against Defendant Commissioner of Social Security, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 08/15/17. (Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LEONOR CELALLOS,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00120-EPG
FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER
REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL
SECURITY COMPLAINT

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY,

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Defendant.
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This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an

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unfavorable decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding his

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applications for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits. The parties have

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consented to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions

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of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF Nos. 7,

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9.)

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At the hearing on August 15, 2017, the Court heard from the parties and, having reviewed

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the record, administrative transcript, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, finds as

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follows:

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For the reasons announced by the Court on the record at the conclusion of the parties’ oral

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argument on August 15, 2017, the Court finds that the decision of the Commissioner of Social

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Security should be reversed and the case should be remanded for award of benefits. See Garrison
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v. Colvin, 759 F. 3d 995, 1021-22 (9th Cir. 2014) (providing that remand for award of benefits is

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appropriate where there is no need to further develop the record, the ALJ failed to provide legally

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sufficient reasons for rejecting evidence, the ALJ would have to find disability if the improperly

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discredited evidence were credited as true, and record afforded no reason to doubt that claimant

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was disabled).

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Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s appeal from the administrative decision of

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the Commissioner of Social Security and the case is remanded to the Social Security

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Administration for calculation and award of benefits. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to

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enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant Commissioner of Social Security.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:

August 15, 2017

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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