Donald Irwin v. Andrew M. Saul

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD EVERETT I., Jr. Case No. 5:19-cv-00523-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Donald Everett I., Jr. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Titles II and XVI Social Security disability insurance benefits in December 2014, alleging disability commencing October 1, 2008, with a date last insured (“LDI”) of December 21, 2010. Administrative Record (“AR”) 262-69. On April 13, 2018, 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

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 (“VE”). AR 38-68. On May 4, 2018, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 14-37. The ALJ found that…