Karen Trejo Howard v. Andrew M. Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KAREN TREJO H., ) Case No. CV 19-7378-JPR 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. ) AFFIRMING COMMISSIONER 13 )

ANDREW M. SAUL, )

14 Commissioner of Social ) Security, ) 15 ) Defendant. ) 16

I. PROCEEDINGS

18 Plaintiff seeks review of the Commissioner’s final decision 19 denying her application for Social Security supplemental security 20 income benefits (“SSI”). The parties consented to the 21 jurisdiction of the undersigned U.S. Magistrate Judge under 28 22 U.S.C. § 636(c). The matter is before the Court on the parties’ 23 Joint Stipulation, filed July 20, 2020, which the Court has taken 24 under submission without oral argument. For the reasons stated 25 26 1 Plaintiff’s name is partially redacted in line with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c)(2)(B) and the recommendation of the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States. 1 below, the Commissioner’s decision is affirmed. II. BACKGROUND …