John Alexander Vasquez v. Andrew Saul

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 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 17 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the 18 Complaint, Joint Stipulation, Administrative Record, and all 19 other records on file as well as the Report and Recommendation of 20 U.S. Magistrate Judge. On May 13, 2021, Plaintiff filed 21 Objections to the R. & R., in which he mostly simply repeats 22 arguments from the Joint Stipulation. A few of his contentions 23 warrant discussion, however. 24 Plaintiff reiterates that the ALJ allegedly erred in 25 assessing his subjective symptoms. As the Magistrate Judge 26 found, however, the ALJ correctly discounted his subjective 27 symptom statements as inconsistent with the objective medical 28 evidence. (R. & R. at 12-13.) He does not challenge that 1 finding. 2 And the ALJ properly discounted the…