Saul

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LAYTON S., Case No.: 20cv0642-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MERITS BRIEF

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security, [ECF No. 17] 14 Defendant. 15 16 Layton S. (“Plaintiff”) filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for judicial review of the final administrative decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”) denying Plaintiff’s application for Period of Disability and Disability Insurance Benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“Act”). (AR 15-28)1. For the reasons expressed herein, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Merits Brief. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff was born in September 1960. (AR 23). On the alleged disability onset date, September 19, 2014, Plaintiff was categorized as a 26 person closely approaching advanced age because he was 54 years old. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1563, 416.963. Plaintiff was 56 years old when the instant…