Alicia Scroggins Edwards v. Commissioner of Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALICIA S. E., Case No. 2:19-cv-01574-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Alicia S. E. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”), alleging disability since December 9, 2015. Administrative Record (“AR”) 241, 243. On February 20, 2018, 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 128-49, 176-80. On February 26,

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 2018, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 105-09. The Appeals Council…