Walter Alberto Zepeda v. Andrew Saul

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WALTER A. Z., ) NO. 2: 20-CV-08351-E ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) 13 v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) 14 ANDREW M. SAUL, Commissioner ) of Social Security, ) 15 ) Defendant. ) 16 _______________________________) 17 18 PROCEEDINGS 19 20 Plaintiff filed a complaint on September 11, 2020, seeking review 21 of the Commissioner’s denial of benefits. On October 21, 2020, the 22 parties consented to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. 23 Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment on May 10, 2021. 24 Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment on June 9, 2021. The 25 Court has taken the motions under submission without oral argument. 26 See L.R. 7-15; “Order,” filed September 16, 2020. 27 /// 28 /// 1 BACKGROUND 2 3 Plaintiff filed an application for Supplemental Security Income 4 on April 6, 2017, asserting disability since December 17, 2010, based 5 on…