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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 V.R., Case No. 20-cv-03994-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, JUDGMENT AND GRANTING IN

PART AND DENYING IN PART

Defendant. DEFENDANT’S CROSS-MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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15 Plaintiff V.R.1 appeals a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security 16 (“Commissioner”)2 denying his application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the 17 Social Security Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 423, et seq. V.R. contends the administrative law judge 18 (“ALJ”) erred in three respects. First, he contends that the ALJ failed to provide sufficient reasons 19 for discounting his subjective testimony. Second, he contends that the ALJ erred in assessing his 20 residual functional capacity (“RFC”). Third, he contends that the ALJ erred at step five of the 21 sequential evaluation by…