Shawn Kirby Hanna v. Nancy A. Berryhill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHAWN KIRBY HANNA, Case No. 2:18-cv-08773-JFW-MAA

12 Plaintiff, ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS v. AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

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

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