Montalvo v. Barnhart

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WITH REGARD TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS and DEFENDANTS MOTION TO AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER (Docket Nos. 10 and 11)

NEIMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

This is an action for judicial review of a final decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”). See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Pedro Montalvo (“Plaintiff’) alleges that the Commissioner’s decision denying him Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) disability benefits—which is memorialized in a January 22, 1999 decision by an administrative law judge—is…