Shawn Michael H. v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAWN MICHAEL H.,

Case No. 5:25-cv-01866-KES

Plaintiff, v. MEMOR ANDUM OPINION

AND ORDER

FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

I.

INTRODUCTION

On July 23, 2025, Plaintiff Shawn Michael H. (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint for review of denial of social security disability benefits. (Dkt. 1.) On October 15, 2025, Plaintiff filed a Plaintiff’s Brief under Rule 6 of the Supplemental Rules for Social Security Actions under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). (“PB” at Dkt. 11.) After a stay caused by the lapse of appropriations to fund the federal government (Dkt. 10, 14), on December 8, 2025, Defendant Frank Bisignano, the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”), filed a responding Commissioner’s Brief under Rule 7. (“CB” at Dkt. 15.) Plaintiff…