Carmelo Pizzaro Pagan v. Andrew Saul

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTERN DIVISION 11 12 CARMELO P. P., ) No. CV 20-5058-PLA ) 13 Plaintiff, ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ) 14 v. ) ) 15 ANDREW M. SAUL, COMMISSIONER )

OF SOCIAL SECURITY )

16 ADMINISTRATION, ) ) 17 Defendant. ) ) 18 19 I. 20 PROCEEDINGS 21 Carmelo P. P.1 (“plaintiff”) filed this action on June 8, 2020, seeking review of the 22 Commissioner’s denial of his applications for a period of disability and Disability Insurance Benefits 23 (“DIB”) and for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) payments. The parties filed Consents to 24 proceed before a Magistrate Judge on July 1, 2020, and July 9, 2020. Pursuant to the Court’s 25 Order, the parties filed a Joint Submission (alternatively “JS”) on due March 16, 2021, that 26 27 1 In the interest of protecting plaintiff’s privacy, this Memorandum Opinion and Order uses plaintiff’s (1) first…