Elizabeth Jane Vincent Marquez v. Andrew Saul

INTRODUCTION

In 2017, Elizabeth M. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”), alleging disability beginning September 15, 2011. See Dkt. 16, Administrative Record (“AR”) 237-46.1 Plaintiff’s SSI claim was approved and she was found disabled as of March 2017. See AR 151. Her DIB claim was denied. See AR

1 The Court partially redacts Plaintiff’s name in compliance 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.

Additionally, all citations to the AR are to the record pagination. All other docket citations are to the CM/ECF pagination. 147-50, 171-74. Plaintiff requested and received a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”).2 See AR 57-98. The ALJ denied the DIB claim on May 1, 2019. See AR 12-30. The ALJ followed the five-step sequential evaluation process for determining whether an individual is disabled. At step one, the ALJ found that Plaintiff had not engaged in substantial gainful activity since the alleged onset date of September 15, 2011, through her…