Keller

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW KELLER, Case No.: 3:22-CV-707-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON JOINT MOTION FOR

v. JUDICIAL REVIEW KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security 15 Administration, 16 Defendant. 17 18 I. INTRODUCTION This action arises from the Commissioner of Social Security’s (“Commissioner” or Defendant”) denial of Matthew Keller’s (“Plaintiff”) application for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act (“Title XVI” or the “Act”). (Doc. No. 1.) On February 28, 2023, the Parties filed a Joint Motion for Judicial Review of the Final Decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Joint Motion”) pursuant to the Court’s October 27, 2022 Scheduling Order. (Doc. No. 16.) The Joint Motion addresses four issues: whether Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Woode (“ALJ Woode”) erred in (1) analyzing the paragraph C criteria of the Act’s Listings 12.03 and 12.04; (2)…