Faina Oza v. Andrew M. Saul

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FAINA O., Case No. 2:19-cv-05671-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Faina O. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Titles II and XVI Social Security disability insurance benefits in 2014 while living alone in New Jersey, alleging a disability onset date of April 5, 2011. Administrative Record (“AR”) 397-404. On March 21, 2017, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing in Albany, New York. AR 114-43. At the time, Plaintiff was living alone in Florida and represented by a New Jersey attorney. AR 114, 119. The ALJ sent interrogatories to a physician and scheduled two supplemental hearings. AR 31, 146. The first hearing, held on February 22, 2018, was continued to allow Plaintiff time to find a new representative after…