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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH V., Case No.: 21-cv-0003-LL-MMP

12 Plaintiff, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION RE v. PLAINTIFF’S OPENING BRIEF

MARTIN O’MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security,1

Defendant. I. INTRODUCTION This Report and Recommendation is submitted to United District Judge Linda Lopez pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Civil Local Rule 72.1(c) of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Plaintiff Kenneth V. (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks judicial review of the Commissioner of Social Security Administration’s (“Commissioner” 24 25 26 1 Martin O’Malley became the Commissioner of Social Security on December 20, 2023. Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), Martin O’Malley is substituted for Kilolo Kijakazi, the former Acting Commissioner of 28 or “Defendant”) decision denying…