Witkowski v. Colvin

MEMORANDUM

WILLIAM W. CALDWELL, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), plaintiff, Richard J. Witkowski, seeks review of a decision denying him disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-433. The defendant is Carolyn W. Colvin, the Acting Commissioner of Social Security.1

*766Plaintiff alleges he became disabled when he suffered a back injury on September 23, 2007, after being rear-ended in an automobile accident. He underwent a series of treatments culminating in an operation on January 29, 2009, that fused the L5-S1 vertebrae. He filed…