Janie Cooley v. Andrew Saul

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JANIE C., Case No. 5:19-cv-1457-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Janie C. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II Social Security disability insurance benefits in January 2016, alleging a disability onset date of October 15, 2012. Administrative Record (“AR”) 168-74. Plaintiff worked at a grocery store for years as a general merchandise clerk, with her last position being in the floral department. AR 40-41, 183. She left that job complaining of repetitive motion injuries to both wrists and eventually settled a workers’ compensation claim. AR 42. On June 5, 2018, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by counsel, testified, along with a vocational expert…