Leonard J. G. v. Saul Andrew, Commissioner of Social Security Administration

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEONARD J. G., Case No. 8:19-cv-1525-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Leonard J. G. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II Social Security disability insurance benefits in 2016, alleging a disability onset date of July 15, 2015. Administrative Record (“AR”) 164-67. On April 30, 2018, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff testified without representation. AR 35-65. On August 1, 2018, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 18-28. The ALJ found that Plaintiff last met the insured

1 Plaintiff was pro se at his hearing (AR 35-36), but had counsel before the ALJ’s denial of benefits (AR 18, 156). 28 status requirements of the Social Security Act on December 31, 2017. AR 20. …