Elsa J. Diez v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 ELSA D., an Individual, Case No.: 8:17-02183 ADS

Plaintiff,

v.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANDREW M. SAUL1, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Elsa D.2 (“Plaintiff”) challenges the Defendant, Andrew M. Saul 19

21 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). See also section 205(g) of the 22 Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (action survives regardless of any change in the person occupying the office of Commissioner of Social Security). 23 2 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 24 Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. , Commissioner of Social Security’s (hereinafter “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denial of her application for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits…