Paula Jean Rier v. Andrew M. Saul

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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PAULA J.R., ) NO. SA CV 19-1184-E ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) 13 v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) 14 ANDREW SAUL, COMMISSIONER OF )

SOCIAL SECURITY, )

15 ) Defendant. ) 16 ___________________________________) 17 18 PROCEEDINGS 19 20 Plaintiff filed a complaint on June 14, 2019, seeking review of 21 the Commissioner’s denial of benefits. The parties consented to 22 proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge on July 31, 2019. 23 Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment on November 6, 2019. 24 Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment on December 6, 2019. 25 The Court has taken the motions under submission without oral 26 argument. See L.R. 7-15; “Order,” filed June 17, 2019. 27 /// 28 /// 1 BACKGROUND 2 3 Plaintiff, a former administrative assistant, asserted disability 4 since September 20, 2013, based on a host of…