Angela Deemer v. Andrew M. Saul

O

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGELA D., Case No. 8:19-cv-00483-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In November 2014, Plaintiff Angela D. (“Plaintiff”) applied for disability benefits under Titles II and XVI alleging a disability onset date of January 27, 2014. Administrative Record (“AR”) 230-42. On September 5, 2017, 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 and a medical expert. AR 101-19. On October

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 18, 2017, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 19-37. The ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered medically determinable severe …