Stenson

BACKGROUND

23 Plaintiff filed an application for disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act 24 (the “Act”) on August 26, 2016, alleging a disability onset date of June 1, 2011, later amended to 25 26 1 Record citations are to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of the documents March 11, 2011. (AR 201, 203.) His application was denied both initially and upon reconsideration. (AR 122, 128.) Plaintiff then submitted a written request for a hearing before an ALJ, and his hearing was held before ALJ Richard Laverdure on April 12, 2018. (AR 76.) An additional hearing was scheduled so Plaintiff could gather evidence relevant to Plaintiff’s claims. (AR 84-86.) On August 8, 2019, a second hearing was held before ALJ Cheryl Tompkin. (AR 32, 34.) The ALJ issued a decision on November 13, 2018 finding that Plaintiff was not disabled. (AR 25.) The ALJ found that Plaintiff had the severe impairments of cervical radiculopathy with chronic neck and shoulder pain, lumbar facet arthropathy with chronic lumbar pain and radiculopathy, depression, and…