Heather Mary Sheehan v. Andrew Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HEATHER MARY S., ) Case No. EDCV 19-1187-AB (JPR) 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND v. ) RECOMMENDATIONS OF U.S. 13 ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner ) 14 of Social Security, ) ) 15 Defendant. ) ) 16 ) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Complaint, Joint Stipulation, Administrative Record, and all other records on file as well as the Report and Recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge. On March 9, 2021, Plaintiff filed Objections to the R. & R., in which she mostly simply repeats arguments from the Joint Stipulation. Defendant filed a response to the Objections on March 19, 2021. Plaintiff reiterates that the ALJ allegedly erred in evaluating psychiatrist Julie Wareham’s opinions. (See Objs. at 2-4.) As the Magistrate Judge found, however, the ALJ correctly discounted Dr. Wareham’s opinions as devoid of any discussion of Plaintiff’s functional limitations, among other reasons. (R. & R. at 21.) Plaintiff argues…