Carolina Calderon v. Andrew M. Saul

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff Carolina C. (“Plaintiff”) challenges the denial by the Commissioner 19 of Social Security (“Defendant”) of her applications for disability insurance (“DI”) 20 and supplemental security income (“SSI”). She contends that the Administrative 21 Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in determining that she would be able to perform work 22 existing in the national economy. For the reasons stated below, the decision of the 23 Commissioner is reversed and the matter is remanded for further proceedings. 24 \\ 25 \\ 26 27 1 Partially redacted in compliance with 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 II. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS 2 On September 27, 2017, Plaintiff constructively filed a Title II application for 3 DI and a Title XVI application for SSI, alleging that she had been disabled since 4 September 13, 2017. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 196, 206, 234.) Her 5 applications were denied initially and upon reconsideration, and she requested and 6 was granted a hearing before an ALJ. (AR 128.) …