Tonya Church v. Kilolo Kijakazi

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONYA C.,1 ) Case No. EDCV 19-1225-JPR 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. ) AFFIRMING COMMISSIONER IN PART 13 ) AND REVERSING IN PART

ANDREW M. SAUL, )

14 Commissioner of Social ) Security, ) 15 ) Defendant. ) 16 17

I. PROCEEDINGS

18 Plaintiff seeks review of the Commissioner’s final decision 19 denying her applications for Social Security disability insurance 20 benefits (“DIB”) and supplemental security income benefits 21 (“SSI”). The matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint 22 Stipulation, filed March 5, 2020, which the Court has taken under 23 submission without oral argument. For the reasons discussed 24 below, the Commissioner’s decision denying Plaintiff’s DIB 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 application is affirmed, the decision…