Dennis Bishop v. Andrew Saul

INTRODUCTION

Dennis B. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits on May 16, 2014, alleging disability beginning July 26, 2011. See Dkt. 17, Administrative Record (“AR”) 38, 107-08.1 After being denied initially, see AR 40-44, and on reconsideration, see AR 50-53, Plaintiff requested and received a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) on October 19, 2018, see AR 54, 865-911.

1 The Court partially redacts Plaintiff’s name in compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Additionally, all citations to the administrative record are to the record pagination. All other docket citations are to the CM/ECF pagination. The ALJ issued an unfavorable decision on February 22, 2019. See AR 14-28. The ALJ followed the five-step sequential evaluation process for determining whether an individual is disabled. At step one, the ALJ found that Plaintiff had not engaged in substantial gainful activity since the alleged onset date. See AR 19. At step two, the ALJ determined that Plaintiff had the severe…