Douka v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 KEITH D., 9 Plaintiff, Case No. C21-5906 MLP 10 v. ORDER 11 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, 12 Defendant. 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff seeks review of the denial of his application for Disability Insurance Benefits. 15 Plaintiff contends the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred in assessing certain medical 16 opinion evidence, Plaintiff’s testimony, and lay statements.1 (Dkt. # 11 at 2.) As discussed 17 below, the Court REVERSES the Commissioner’s final decision and REMANDS the matter for 18 further…