MASTARONE v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, No. 2:2016cv01421 - Document 23 (W.D. Pa. 2018)

Court Description: ORDER denying 11 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 16 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Donetta W. Ambrose on 2/8/18. (cha)

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bs requiring some skill prior to the alleged onset date, managed her own finances, drove, cared for herself, shopped for groceries, and raised two sons); Gibbs v. Comm’r. of Soc. Sec., Civ., No. 16-16445, 2017 WL 1501082 at * 2-3 (11th Cir. April 27, 2017) (stating that substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s finding that the claimant does not satisfy listing 12.05C because she lacks the deficits in adaptive functioning where she lived alone at times and, with her mother’s help, cared for her daughter, did her own laundry, cleaned her home, cooked simple meals, had her driver’s license, handled her own money, was able to shop, and received several passing grades in special education classes in 9th and 10th grades). Consequently, there is no basis for remand. 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOSEPH D. MASTARONE Plaintiff, -vsNANCY A. BERRYHILL,4 COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 16-1421 AMBROSE, Senior District Judge. ORDER OF COURT Therefore, this 8th day of February, 2018, it is hereby ORDERED that the decision of the ALJ is affirmed. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 11) is DENIED and Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 16) is GRANTED. BY THE COURT: /s/ Donetta W. Ambrose Donetta W. Ambrose United States Senior District Judge 4 Nancy A. Berryhill became acting Commissioner of Social Security on January 23, 2017, replacing Carolyn W. Colvin. 12

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