Peter Carltock v. Nancy A. Berryhill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WESTERN DIVISION

PETER C., Case No. CV 19-01807-DFM

Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM OPINION

AND ORDER

v.

ANDREW M. SAUL,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

Plaintiff Peter C. (“Plaintiff”) appeals from the final decision of the Social Security Commissioner denying his application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”).1 For the reasons set forth below, the Commissioner’s decision is affirmed. I.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff applied for SSI in November 2014, alleging disability beginning on December 1, 2008. See Administrative Record (“AR”) 187-96. Plaintiff’s

1 The Court partially redacts Plaintiff’s name in compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. application was denied, and Plaintiff had a hearing before an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) on September 4, 2017. See AR 41-80. The ALJ denied his claim in a decision dated January 25, 2018. See AR 15-35. The ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from the severe impairments of left…