Truong

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 MINH T., Case No.: 20-cv-2289-AGS

Plaintiff,

ORDER REMANDING CASE FOR

v. AN AWARD OF BENEFITS (ECF 15) Kilolo KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of Social Security, 8 Defendant. 9 Both sides agree that the Administrative Law Judge mishandled claimant’s Social Security disability benefits claim and that the case must be remanded. The only question is whether the remand should be for further proceedings or an award of benefits. BACKGROUND In 2012, after working for almost two decades as an electronics assembler, plaintiff Minh T. began suffering chronic pain and left her job, never to return. The Social Security Administration found her disabled—and entitled to benefits—as of 2015. But Minh contends she became disabled three years earlier. In fact, for nearly a decade Minh and the Administration have been locked in legal combat over the disputed timeframe of February 15, 2012, to May 11, 2015.…