Barbara Arellano v. Andrew Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BARBARA A., ) Case No. EDCV 19-1373-JPR 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. ) AFFIRMING COMMISSIONER 13 ) ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner ) 14 of Social Security, ) ) 15 Defendant. ) ) 16 I. PROCEEDINGS Plaintiff seeks review of the Commissioner’s final decision denying her application for Social Security disability insurance benefits (“DIB”). The matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Stipulation, filed June 25, 2020, which the Court has taken under submission without oral argument. For the reasons discussed below, the Commissioner’s decision is affirmed. 24 25 26 1 Plaintiff’s name is partially redacted in line 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. 1 II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff was born in 1962. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 74, 210.) She completed 11th grade (AR 74) and worked as a medical…