Maria Guzman v. Nancy A. Berryhill

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIA G., Case No. 5:19-cv-00291-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In November 2014, Plaintiff Maria G. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) alleging a disability onset date of September 20, 1999. Administrative Record (“AR”) 153-56.2 23 1 Andrew Saul is now the Commissioner of Social Security and is 24 automatically substituted as a party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). 25 2 Plaintiff submitted an earlier application and was found “not disabled” in 26 an ALJ decision dated December 9, 2005. AR 16. The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) was unable to locate a copy of the 2005 decision, so the ALJ considered Plaintiff’s application de novo. Id. 28 On October 2, 2017, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who…