Richard Blair v. Martin O'Malley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 RICHARD B., Case No. 5:23-cv-01553-SSC 11 Plaintiff, 12 v.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MARTIN J. O’MALLEY,

14 Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff Richard B. seeks judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration denying his application for Title II disability insurance benefits. The Court finds that the administrative law judge failed to provide clear and convincing reasons supported by substantial evidence for rejecting Plaintiff’s self- reported symptoms, and remands for further proceedings. 24 1 Plaintiff’s name is partially redacted in accordance with Rule 25 5.2(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. 27 2 The Commissioner’s name has been updated in accordance with I In July 2021, Plaintiff filed an application for disability insurance benefits alleging that he had been disabled…