Virginia A. Peters v. Andrew Saul

1 2 O 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VIRGINIA ANN P., Case No. 5:20-CV-00734 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 April 2016, Virginia Ann P. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II and Title XVI 21 disability benefits alleging an onset date of May 1, 2015, when she was 45 years 22 old and stopped working as an in-home care giver. Administrative Record (“AR”) 23 329–30, 459–60, 469, 643. On November 7, 2018, an Administrative Law Judge 24 (“ALJ”) conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by counsel, 25 appeared and testified along with a vocational expert (“VE”) and a medical expert 26 (“ME”). AR 263–308. On January 10, 2019, the ALJ issued an unfavorable 27 decision. AR 50-64. 28 1 The ALJ found that Plaintiff’s “obesity; degenerative disc disease in the 2 cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions; status post-removal…