Peters

BACKGROUND

20 Plaintiff filed this social security application on May 27, 2022. The Commissioner denied 21 Plaintiff’s application initially and on reconsideration. Plaintiff requested, and was granted, a 22 hearing before an ALJ. The ALJ took testimony from Plaintiff and a vocational expert. The ALJ 23 subsequently rendered a decision denying the application on May 10, 2024, which became the 24 final order of the Commissioner after Plaintiff’s request for review by the Appeals Council was 25 denied. The ALJ’s decision is therefore the final decision subject to this court’s review. See 42 26

27 1 Plaintiff’s name has been partially redacted in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1 U.S.C. §§ 405(g), 1383(c)(3). 2 In the opinion, the ALJ first noted that Plaintiff alleged an onset date of October 18, 2013. 3 The ALJ then applied the five-step sequential analysis used to determine whether an 4 individual is disabled. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520, 416.920.2 5 At step one, the ALJ found that Plaintiff had not engaged in substantial gainful activity 6 since the alleged onset date, October 18, 2013. 7 At step two, the ALJ found that Plaintiff had…