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BACKGROUND

22 On March 24, 2015, Plaintiff filed applications for disability insurance benefits and 23 supplemental security income under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act, alleging a 24 disability onset date of September 1, 2012. (AR 15, 107, 115, 235, 244.) At the time of the 25 alleged disability onset date, Plaintiff was 52 years of age. (AR 29.) He has at least a high school 26 education, is able to communicate in English, and became a U.S. citizen in 1999 after immigrating 27 to the U.S. in 1997. (Id.) Plaintiff’s prior work experience includes two years of trade school training as a butcher, work as a train conductor, and training as an electrician for a job pulling wire. (AR 29–30.) After his applications were denied initially and upon reconsideration, he submitted a written request for a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). ALJ Teresa L. Hoskins Hart held a hearing on November 6, 2017. (AR 15, 66–106.) At the hearing, non-examining medical expert Dr. Nathan Strahl testified about his review of the complete medical record; his agreement with Plaintiff’s diagnoses of clinical depression, anxiety, and …