Rosalinda Higdon v. Andrew Saul

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROSALINDA H.,1 ) Case No. SACV 19-1622-JPR 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. ) REVERSING COMMISSIONER 13 ) ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner ) 14 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 income 20 benefits (“DIB”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”). The 21 parties consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned under 28 22 U.S.C. § 636(c). The matter is before the Court on the parties’ 23 Joint Stipulation, filed May 12, 2020, which the Court has taken 24 under submission without oral argument. For the reasons stated 25 below, the Commissioner’s decision is reversed and this action is 26 27 1 Plaintiff’s name is partially redacted in line with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the 28 recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. 1 remanded…