Anju Mehra v. Nancy A. Berryhill

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANJU M., Case No. 8:18-cv-02267-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Anju M. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II disability benefits in January 2015 alleging disability commencing on May 8, 2014. Administrative Record (“AR”) 169. On September 28, 2017, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by an attorney, appeared and testified, as did a vocational expert (“VE”). AR 38-54. On December 22, 2017, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 18-37. The ALJ

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 found that Plaintiff suffered from the severe impairments of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic…