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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FIDEL R.P., Case No. 3:24-cv-02145-JSC

Plaintiff, ORDER REVERSING IN PART AND

REMANDING FOR FURTHER

v. PROCEEDINGS

MARTIN J. O’MALLEY, Re: Dkt. Nos. 11, 13 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff seeks social security benefits for a combination of physical and mental impairments including degenerative disc disease with chronic bilateral low back pain and bilateral sciatica status-post distant multilevel lumbar decompression and fusion with radiculopathy; neuropathy; asthma; obesity; high blood pressure; sleep apnea; and psychotic, depression, and anxiety disorders in combination with methamphetamine use. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 20, 379.) Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), Plaintiff filed this lawsuit for judicial review of the final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security denying his benefits claim. After careful consideration of the parties’ briefing, the Court concludes oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D.…