Douglas Mackin Cringean v. Andrew Saul

2 O

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOUGLAS M. C., Case No. 2:20-CV-04362-KES

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND

v.

ORDER

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

I.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Douglas M. C. (“Plaintiff”) worked as corporate archive representative for Warner Brothers Studios from 2001 until he was laid off in November 2014. Administrative Record (“AR”) 128–29, 281–82. On October 30, 2014, he obtained a spinal MRI and shortly thereafter retained an attorney to pursue a workers’ compensation claim. AR 862–63, 870. In August 2015, he underwent arthroscopic right hip surgery to repair a torn labrum. AR 462, 534, 885, 916. By June 2016, his only medication for back or hip pain was over-the- counter ibuprofen. AR 873. 28 In October 2016, Plaintiff applied for Title II disability benefits alleging an onset date of November 5, 2014, with a last date insured (“LDI”) of December 31,…