Damary Torres v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 O 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAMARY T., Case No. 5:20-CV-00833 KES 12 Plaintiff,
13 v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND
ORDER
14 ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16
17 18 I. 19 BACKGROUND 20 Plaintiff Damary T. (“Plaintiff”) was born in December 1970 and diagnosed 21 with multiple sclerosis (“MS”) in the early 1990s. Administrative Record (“AR”) 22 295, 1314, 1730. She worked for 25 years at Hutchings Court Reporters until 23 January 2014. AR 334, 1740. In December 2013 (just before her alleged disability 24 onset date of January 21, 2014) she reported hip pain from sitting eight hours per 25 day at work. AR 1608. A physical examination revealed 5/5 motor strength and a 26 normal range of joint motion. AR 1608. A hip MRI was normal. AR 1614. 27 After leaving Hutchings, Plaintiff pursued a workers’ compensation claim for 28 “work stress,” and she also…