Keith Berman v. Andrew Saul

` 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEITH B., ) Case No. CV 19-7079-JPR 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. ) REVERSING COMMISSIONER 13 ) ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner ) 14 of Social Security, ) ) 15 Defendant. ) ) 16 ) 17 I. PROCEEDINGS Plaintiff seeks review of the Commissioner’s final decision denying his application for Social Security disability insurance benefits (“DIB”). The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). The matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Stipulation, filed June 25, 2020, which the Court has taken under submission without oral argument. 25 26 1 Plaintiff’s name is partially redacted in line 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. 1 For the reasons stated below, the Commissioner’s decision is reversed. II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff…