Damary Torres v. Commissioner of Social Security

O 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAMARY T., Case No. 5:20-CV-00833 KES Plaintiff,

v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

ORDER

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

17 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Damary T. (“Plaintiff”) was born in December 1970 and diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (“MS”) in the early 1990s. Administrative Record (“AR”) 295, 1314, 1730. She worked for 25 years at Hutchings Court Reporters until January 2014. AR 334, 1740. In December 2013 (just before her alleged disability onset date of January 21, 2014) she reported hip pain from sitting eight hours per day at work. AR 1608. A physical examination revealed 5/5 motor strength and a normal range of joint motion. AR 1608. A hip MRI was normal. AR 1614. After leaving Hutchings, Plaintiff pursued a workers’ compensation claim for “work stress,” and she also…