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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GERARD L., Case No.: 19-cv-00045-W (JLB)

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION REGARDING

CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY

ANDREW M. SAUL,

JUDGMENT

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. (ECF Nos. 14, 16) 16 17 This Report and Recommendation is submitted to the Honorable Thomas J. Whelan, United States District Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Civil Local Rule 72.1(c) of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. On January 8, 2019, plaintiff Gerard L. (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1383(c) seeking judicial review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his application for supplemental security income benefits (“SSI”). (ECF No. 1.) 25

27 Andrew M. Saul, the acting Commissioner of Social Security, is substituted as 28 Now pending before the Court and ready for decision are the…