(SS) Navarro v. Commissioner of Social Security

I. INTRODUCTION

13 Plaintiff Patricia Navarro (“Plaintiff”) seeks judicial review of a final decision of the 14 Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denying her application 15 for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under Title II of the Social Security Act (the “Act”). Doc. 16 1. The matter is currently before the Court on the parties’ briefs, which were submitted, without oral argument, to the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto, United States Magistrate Judge.2 19 II. BACKGROUND Plaintiff was born on May 24, 1983. (Administrative Record (“AR”) 239). She filed a claim for DIB on September 9, 2019, alleging a disability onset date of January 1, 2009. (AR 15, 251). In her application, she alleged “severe dizziness, severe nausea, severe nervousness, neck pain, back pain, depression, PTSD, stress, anxiety, worriedness/sadness, insomnia, migraine, 25 memory loss, hand weakness, learning limited.” (AR 250). Plaintiff has an eighth-grade education 26 1 On December 20, 2023, Martin O’Malley was named Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See 27 …