Margarita Saldivar v. Nancy A. Berryhill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARGARITA S., ) Case No. ED CV 19-906-SP ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ) ORDER ) ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of ) Social Security Administration, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ) 18 I. INTRODUCTION On May 14, 2019, plaintiff Margarita S. filed a complaint against defendant, the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”), seeking a review of a denial of a period of disability, disability insurance benefits (“DIB”), and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”). Plaintiff presents what amount to three issues for decision: (1) whether the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) properly considered the opinion of an examining physician in his residual functional capacity (“RFC”) determination; 28 (2) whether the ALJ properly discounted plaintiff’s subjective symptom…