Strickland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CURTIS RYAN S., Case No.: 24-CV-1057-W-KSC

Plaintiff,

REPORT & RECOMMENDATION

v. TO REMAND CASE FOR FURTHER

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

LELAND DUDEK, Acting Commissioner

of Social Security1, DOC. NOS. 9, 11-12 Defendant.

17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Curtis Ryan S. seeks review of the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of disability benefits. Doc. No. 1. The parties have filed briefs for review of the denial. Doc. Nos. 9, 11-12. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court RECOMMENDS the denial be REVERSED IN PART and AFFIRMED IN PART and the case be REMANDED for further proceedings. / / / / 26 27 1 Leland Dudek became Acting Commissioner of Social Security on February 19, 2025, 28 II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On September 15, 2021, plaintiff, a male who was then forty-four years of age, applied for disability insurance benefits claiming disability beginning…