Moffett

I. BACKGROUND

21 Plaintiff applied for Disability Insurance Benefits on October 21, 2020. AR 264-65.1 22 The Social Security Administration denied the claim on April 29, 2021. AR 145. On May 23 31, 2021, the Administration denied plaintiff’s claim upon rehearing. AR 146-58. Plaintiff 24 requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). AR 190-91. Plaintiff, 25

27 The Court adopts the parties’ citations to the certified record in this matter. All other 28 represented by counsel, appeared before the ALJ for a hearing on October 21, 2021. See AR 48-99. Plaintiff’s attorney and the ALJ both examined plaintiff at the hearing, and the ALJ received testimony from a vocational expert and from plaintiff’s husband as a lay witness. See id. After reviewing the documentary evidence in the record and hearing the witnesses’ testimony, the ALJ ultimately concluded plaintiff was not disabled. AR 42. The ALJ’s decision followed the five steps prescribed by applicable regulations under which the ALJ must sequentially determine (1) if the claimant is engaged in substantial gainful employment; (2) whether the claimant suffers …