Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEXANDER P., Case No.: 20-cv-01893-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MERIT’S

v. BRIEF

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, (ECF No. 13) Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.1 16 17 On September 23, 2020, plaintiff Alexander P. (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking judicial review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his application for disability insurance benefits. (ECF No. 1.) Now pending before the Court and ready for decision is Plaintiff’s merits brief. (ECF No. 13.) The Commissioner filed an opposition (ECF No. 18), and Plaintiff filed a reply (ECF No. 19). For the reasons set forth herein, the Court affirms the decision of the Commissioner and DENIES Plaintiff’s request for reversal and remand. 26 27 Kilolo Kijakazi the Commissioner of Social Security is hereby substituted as 28 I. PROCEDURAL…