Harrington

BACKGROUND

I. Factual History

23 According to his work history report, plaintiff was a labor consultant from May 1993 24 to May 2014. Administrative Record (Dkt. 17-7) at 24. Also from his report, plaintiff was 25 self-employed at an auction house from June 2014 to January 2017. Id. Plaintiff further 26 reported he was a security guard for the month of October 2017, and a delivery person 27 for a catering company from October 2017 to November 2017. Id. According to Stanford ValleyCare records, plaintiff was hospitalized for chest pain in July 2017. Dkt. 17-8 at 2. According to Axis Community Health records, plaintiff started experiencing chronic lower back pain shortly thereafter. Id. at 70. Plaintiff then received an MRI and was diagnosed with moderate lumbar spondylosis and multiple levels of disc bulges with facet arthropathy that caused lateral recess narrowing and neural foraminal stenosis from L2 through S1. Id. at 46. According to Mission Peak Orthopedics records, plaintiff was taken off of work by a physician’s assistant on October 31, 2017. Id. at 60. Also in the records, plaintiff received an epidural…