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Garcia v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
May 26, 2016
Case No. CV 15-7060 MRW (C.D. Cal. May. 26, 2016)

Summary

finding that rationale is "a woefully weak basis for rejecting an examining physician's opinion"

Summary of this case from Llewellyn v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Opinion

Case No. CV 15-7060 MRW

05-26-2016

REFUGIO L. GARCIA, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.


JUDGMENT

It is the judgment of this Court that the decision of the Administrative Law Judge is VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED to the Social Security Administration on an open record for further proceedings consistent with the Court's Order. Date: May 26, 2016

/s/_________

HON. MICHAEL R. WILNER

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE


Summaries of

Garcia v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
May 26, 2016
Case No. CV 15-7060 MRW (C.D. Cal. May. 26, 2016)

finding that rationale is "a woefully weak basis for rejecting an examining physician's opinion"

Summary of this case from Llewellyn v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

finding an ALJ's rejection of a medical opinion based in significant part on the fact that the doctor conducted a single examination is a "woefully weak basis for rejecting an examining physician's opinion"

Summary of this case from Vicente R. v. Berryhill
Case details for

Garcia v. Colvin

Case Details

Full title:REFUGIO L. GARCIA, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: May 26, 2016

Citations

Case No. CV 15-7060 MRW (C.D. Cal. May. 26, 2016)

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