Christopher Miles Hayden v. Nancy A. Berryhill

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER MILES H., Case No. 2:18-cv-02213-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security,1 15 Defendant.

I.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Christopher Miles H. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) benefits and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits in 2016, alleging disability commencing October 1, 2015. Administrative Record (“AR”) 177-87. On May 17, 2017, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by an attorney, appeared and testified, as did a vocational expert (“VE”). AR 31-77. On August

1 Andrew Saul is now the Commissioner of Social Security and is automatically substituted as a party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). 28 1 28, 2017, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 18-30. …