Ortiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICIA O, Case No.: 21-cv-376-CAB-BGS

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION TO REMAND

CASE TO SOCIAL SECURITY

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of

ADMINISTRATION FOR FURTHER

Social Security, PROCEEDINGS Defendant. 16 [ECF 21] 17 18 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Patricia O. (“Plaintiff” or “claimant”) filed a Complaint seeking judicial review of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (“Commissioner” or “Defendant”) denial of disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act, (ECF 1), and the Commissioner has filed the Administrative Record (ECF 14-19). Pursuant to the Court’s Order, the parties have filed a Joint Motion for Judicial Review addressing both parties’ positions. (ECF 19 (Court’s briefing Order); ECF 21 (Joint Motion).) Plaintiff seeks reversal of the final decision denying benefits and an order for the payment of benefits or, in the…