Evie Cathy Gonzales v. Andrew Saul

1 2 O 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EVIE C. G., Case No. 2:20-CV-03200 (KES) Plaintiff,

v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

ORDER

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

17 I. BACKGROUND In July and August 2016, Plaintiff Evie C. G. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Titles II and XVI Social Security disability benefits, alleging that she became disabled on January 1, 2014, due to “depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, menopause, and hypertension.” Administrative Record (“AR”) 500–01, 506–12, 531. On November 1, 2018, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by counsel, appeared and testified, as did a vocational expert (“VE”) and a medical expert (“ME”). AR 57–88. On January 28, 2019, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 17–29. The ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from medically determinable impairments of obesity,…