Melanie Lynn Lassen v. Andrew Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 MELANIE L.L., Case No. 5:20-cv-00359-JC 11 Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM OPINION v. 13 ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, 15 Defendant. 16 I. SUMMARY On February 22, 2020, plaintiff filed a Complaint seeking review of the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of her application for benefits. The parties have consented to proceed before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge. This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment (respectively, “Plaintiff’s Motion” and “Defendant’s Motion”). The Court has taken the parties’ arguments under submission without oral argument. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; L.R. 7-15; Case Management Order ¶ 5. 26 1Plaintiff’s name is partially redacted to protect her privacy 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. 1 Based on the record as…