Carolina Casteneda v. Social Security

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 ) CAROLINA CASTANEDA, ) Case No. CV 18-07587-JEM 12 ) Plaintiff, ) 13 ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER v. ) AFFIRMING DECISION OF THE 14 ) COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

ANDREW M. SAUL, )

15 Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) 16 Defendant. ) ) 17

PROCEEDINGS

18 On August 30, 2018, Carolina Castaneda (“Plaintiff” or “Claimant”) filed a complaint 19 seeking review of the decision by the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) 20 denying Plaintiff’s application for Supplemental Security Income benefits. (Dkt. 1.) The 21 Commissioner filed an Answer on May 7, 2019. (Dkt. 26.) Plaintiff filed her Memorandum in 22 support of the Complaint on May 20, 2019 (Dkt. 28) and on June 24, 2019, Defendant filed its 23 Memorandum in support of its Answer. (Dkt. 29.) The matter is now ready for decision. 24 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), both parties consented to proceed before…