Goetz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERRY H.G., Case No.: 19cv1603-CAB-RBM

Plaintiff,

ORDER: (1) ADOPTING REPORT

v. AND RECOMMENDATION [Doc. No. 30]; (2) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SS DISABILITY, “MERITS BRIEF” [Doc. No. 25]; and Defendant. (3) AFFIRMING THE DECISION OF

THE ALJ

18 Pending before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of 19 Magistrate Judge Ruth Bermudez Montenegro, filed on August 19, 2020, recommending 20 that the Court deny Plaintiff Terry H.G.’s Merits Brief and affirm the decision of the 21 Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). [Doc. No. 30.] 22 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) set forth a district 23 court’s duties in connection with a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation. The 24 district court must “make a de novo determination of those portion of the report to which 25 objection is made,” and “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings 26 or recommendations made by the…