Brooke Catherine Sylvia v. Nancy A. Berryhill

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BROOKE CATHERINE S., Case No. 8:19-cv-00446-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Brooke Catherine S. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Titles II and XVI disability benefits in October 2015 alleging disability on August 16, 2015, due to various mental disorders. Administrative Record (“AR”) 207-19, 248-58. On February 8, 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 33-75. On March 28, 2018, the ALJ issued an

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 unfavorable decision. AR 12-32. The ALJ found that Plaintiff…