Shawn Kirby Hanna v. Nancy A. Berryhill

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SHAWN KIRBY HANNA, Case No. 2:18-cv-08773-JFW-MAA

12 Plaintiff, ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS 13 v. AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

14 ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner JUDGE of Social Security, 15 16 Defendant. 17

18 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Complaint and all 19 other records on file, as well as the Report and Recommendation of the United 20 States Magistrate Judge (“R&R,” ECF No. 26). 21 The Court also has reviewed the Objections filed by Defendant, as well as 22 Plaintiff’s response to the Objections. (“Objections,” ECF No. 21; and “Response,” 23 ECF No. 22.) For the reasons discussed below, the Objections are overruled. 24 Defendant objects that, contrary to the findings in the R&R, the new 25 vocational evidence presented for the first time to the Appeals Council does not 26 warrant reversing the ALJ’s decision to deny disability benefits. According to 27 Defendant, that evidence was “outside the record,” not…