Joel Oganeku v. Kilolo Kijakazi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 J.O., Case No. 8:23-cv-00125-SB-SHK Plaintiff, v. O ANR DD E RR E CA OCC ME MP ET NIN DG A TF II OND NI ON FG S MARTIN J. O’MALLEY, U JUN DIT GE ED STATES MAGISTRATE Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. 17 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the parties’ briefing, the relevant records on file, and the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of the United States Magistrate Judge. The Court has engaged in a de novo review of those portions of the R&R to which Defendant has objected. The Court accepts the findings and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. In accepting the findings and recommendation, this Court agrees that “it is not clear on the record before [it] whether Plaintiff is indeed disabled,” and further agrees that the administrative law judge (ALJ) “is in the best position” to make that determination. Dkt. No. 18 at 16. The problem,…