Adrienne Lombardo v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ADRIENNE LOMBARDO, : Civil No. 4:24-CV-56 : Plaintiff : : v. : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) : FRANK BISIGNANO,1 : Commissioner of Social Security, : : Defendant. : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction This case involves a recurring issue in Social Security litigation: The alleged unexplained failure of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to incorporate a one-to- two-step task limitation made by a medical source the ALJ deems persuasive into a claimant’s residual functional capacity assessment. This can be an outcome…