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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CURTIS RYAN S., Case No.: 24-CV-1057-W-KSC

12 Plaintiff,

REPORT & RECOMMENDATION

13 v. TO REMAND CASE FOR FURTHER

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

14 LELAND DUDEK, Acting Commissioner

of Social Security1, 15 DOC. NOS. 9, 11-12 Defendant. 16

17 18 I. INTRODUCTION 19 Plaintiff Curtis Ryan S. seeks review of the Commissioner of Social Security’s 20 denial of disability benefits. Doc. No. 1. The parties have filed briefs for review of the 21 denial. Doc. Nos. 9, 11-12. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court RECOMMENDS the 22 denial be REVERSED IN PART and AFFIRMED IN PART and the case be REMANDED 23 for further proceedings. 24 / / 25 / / 26 27 1 Leland Dudek became Acting Commissioner of Social Security on February 19, 2025, 28 1 II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 2 On September 15, 2021, plaintiff, a male who was then forty-four years of age, 3 applied for disability insurance benefits claiming disability beginning…