Almond A. Brooks v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALMOND A. B., ) Case No. CV 18-5032 AGR ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ) ANDREW SAUL, Acting, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) ) Plaintiff1 filed this action on June 6, 2018. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the parties consented to proceed before the magistrate judge. (Dkt. Nos. 11, 16.) Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment. Defendant filed a cross motion for summary judgment and an opposition to Plaintiff’s motion. No further briefs were filed. The court has taken the matter under submission without oral argument. 22 23 24 25 26 27 Plaintiff’s name has been partially redacted in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and 28 I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On February 8, 2011, the Social…