Claudia Esther Bojorquez v. Andrew Saul

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLAUDIA ESTHER B., Case No. 2:19-cv-09649-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In January 2015, Plaintiff Claudia Esther B. (“Plaintiff”) applied for social security disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) alleging an onset date of June 8, 2011, with a last date insured (“LDI”) of December 31, 2016. Administrative Record (“AR”) 17, 375. The application was approved for a closed period of disability from June 8, 2011 through May 31, 2014, and Plaintiff received DIB for that closed period. AR 192, 199-201. Plaintiff appealed, arguing that her disability persisted after May 2014, and requested a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). AR 202-03. 28 Three hearings were conducted on May 22, 2017 (AR 145-76), February 22, 2018 (AR 77-144), and July 19, 2018 (AR 53-76). Plaintiff, who…