Gilbert Munoz v. Andrew Saul

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GILBERT M.,1 ) Case No. EDCV 19-2500-JPR 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. ) AFFIRMING COMMISSIONER 13 ) ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner ) 14 of Social Security, ) ) 15 Defendant. ) 16

I. PROCEEDINGS

17 Plaintiff seeks review of the Commissioner’s final decision 18 denying his application for Social Security supplemental security 19 income benefits (“SSI”). The matter is before the Court on the 20 parties’ Joint Stipulation, filed August 11, 2020, which the 21 Court has taken under submission without oral argument. For the 22 reasons stated below, the Commissioner’s decision is affirmed. 23

II. BACKGROUND

24 Plaintiff was born in 1969. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 25 26 1 Plaintiff’s name is partially redacted in line with 27 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case 28 Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. 1 1 155.) He completed 10th grade (AR 33) and worked as a laborer 2 and a pizza…