Werts

I. BACKGROUND

23 A. Procedural History 24 Plaintiff applied for SSDI on October 24, 2016, alleging a disability beginning on January 25

1 The current Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, is automatically substituted as defendant in place of her predecessor. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). 8, 2016. ECF Nos. 15-2–15-11, Transcript of Administrative Record (“Tr.”) 197. Plaintiff’s claim was initially denied by the Commissioner on December 27, 2016. Id. at 15, 71. Plaintiff requested reconsideration of that decision, which was denied by the Commissioner on February 15, 2017. Id. at 72–82. Plaintiff subsequently requested a hearing before an administrative law judge (“ALJ”), which occurred before ALJ Wynne O’Brien-Persons on February 7, 2019. Tr. 28–61, 97–98. Plaintiff, represented by counsel, testified on her own behalf. See id. at 31–32. The ALJ also heard testimony from a vocational expert, Allison Baldwin. Id. at 50–59. In a written decision dated March 27, 2019, the ALJ ultimately found that Plaintiff was not disabled and had the residual functional capacity to perform “light work . . . except…