Debra Lee Rutherford v. Kilolo Kijakazi

Case 2:20-cv-09028-GJS Document Filed 02/24/ Page 1 of Page ID #:525

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEBRA L.R., Case No. 2:20-cv-9028-GJS

Plaintiff

v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

ORDER

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,2 15 Defendant.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Plaintiff Debra L. R. (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint seeking review of the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying her application for Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the parties consented to proceed before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge (Dkts. 22 23 In the interest of privacy, this Order uses only the first name and the initial of the last name 24 of the non-governmental party in this case.

25 On July 9, 2021, Kilolo Kijakazi was named Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/history/commissioners.html. She is therefore substituted as…