Leticia Ramirez v. Andrew Saul

1 2 3 4 O 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LETICIA R., Case No. 5:20-cv-01044 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 September 2016, Leticia R. (“Plaintiff”) applied for Title II disability 21 insurance benefits alleging an onset date of September 1, 2014. Administrative 22 Record (“AR”) 287. On March 27, 2019, an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) 23 conducted a hearing at which Plaintiff, who was represented by counsel, appeared 24 and testified, along with a vocational expert (“VE”). AR 193–214. On April 10, 25 2019, the ALJ issued an unfavorable decision. AR 16–27. 26 The ALJ found that Plaintiff suffered from the severe impairments of obesity 27 and degenerative joint disease affecting the cervical spine and “left upper 28 extremity.” AR 18. The ALJ determined that…