Behnke v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 PAULA B., 9 Plaintiff, Case No. C21-5226-MLP 10 v. ORDER 11 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, 12 Defendant. 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff seeks review of the denial of her application for Disability Insurance Benefits. 15 Plaintiff contends the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred by rejecting Plaintiff’s testimony, 16 the opinions of two doctors, and a lay witness statement, and by making unsupported step five 17 findings. (Dkt. # 14.) As discussed below, the Court REVERSES the Commissioner’s final 18…