Nicole Desiree Dunn v. Kilolo Kijakazi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION

NICOLE D. D., Case No. 5:23-cv-00312-BFM

Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM OPINION v. A ND ORDER

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

16 Defendant.

18 I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Plaintiff Nicole D. D.1 applied for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits and for Supplemental Security Income payments, alleging a mental-health and intellectual-capacity-related disability that commenced on November 30, 2020. (Administrative Record, ECF No. 13 (“AR”) 214-20, 221- 241.) Plaintiff’s applications were denied at the initial level of review and on

26 In the interest of privacy, this Memorandum Opinion and Order uses only the first name and middle and last initials of the non-governmental party in this case. 28 1 Administrative Law Judge. (AR 41, 50-65, 66-81.) The ALJ held a hearing and heard from Plaintiff, and a vocational expert…