John Alexander Vasquez v. Andrew Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN ALEXANDER V., ) Case No. EDCV 19-1473-SB (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 May 13, 2021, Plaintiff filed Objections to the R. & R., in which he mostly simply repeats arguments from the Joint Stipulation. A few of his contentions warrant discussion, however. Plaintiff reiterates that the ALJ allegedly erred in assessing his subjective symptoms. As the Magistrate Judge found, however, the ALJ correctly discounted his subjective symptom statements as inconsistent with the objective medical evidence. (R. & R. at 12-13.) He does not challenge that finding. And the ALJ properly discounted the…