Lisa Marie Vergowven v. Social Security Administration

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LISA MARIE V., Case No. 8:18-cv-01809-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Lisa Marie V. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits in June 2014, alleging disability commencing November 7, 2013. Administrative Record (“AR”) 197-205. On March 8, 2017, and September 26, 2017, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted hearings; at the first hearing, Plaintiff, who was represented by an attorney, appeared and testified, as did a vocational expert (“VE”). AR 32-70. On October 27, 2017, the

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 ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 15-31. The ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from the severe, medically…