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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK E., Case No.: 21cv655-GPC(KSC)

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND RECOMMENDA-

v. TION KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.

17 On April 14, 2021, plaintiff Mark E. commenced an action pursuant to Title 42, United States Code, Section 405(g), against Andrew M. Saul, the Commissioner of Social Security, seeking review of a final adverse decision of the Commissioner.1 [Doc. No. 1.] Currently before the Court is the parties’ Joint Submission. In the Joint Submission, plaintiff seeks a reversal and remand of the Commissioner’s final decision. [Doc. No. 17, at p. 23.] Defendant argues that the Commissioner’s final decision should be affirmed because it is supported by substantial evidence and free of legal error. [Doc.

26 Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Kilolo Kijakazi, who became the Acting Commissioner of Social Security on or about June 9,…