Dawn Deanna Erwin v. Kilolo Kijakazi

1 2 3 O 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAWN DEANNE E., Case No. 2:20-CV-05731 KES 12 Plaintiff,

13 v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

ORDER

14 ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16

17 18 I. 19 BACKGROUND 20 In June 2015, Dawn Deanne E. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II and Title XVI 21 disability benefits alleging an onset date of February 5, 2013, with a last date 22 insured (“LDI”) of June 30, 2016. Administrative Record (“AR”) 262, 263, 365, 23 389. On January 4, 2019, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) conducted a 24 hearing at which Plaintiff, who was not represented by counsel,1 appeared and 25 testified along with a vocational expert (“VE”). AR 187–241. On July 2, 2019, the 26 ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 34–44.

27 1 The ALJ reminded Plaintiff of her right to representation, but she elected to 28 proceed on her own. AR 190–92. 1 The ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from the severe impairments of 2 …