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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMIE B., Case No.: 23-cv-01141-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MERITS BRIEF

v. [ECF No. 15] MARTIN O’MALLEY, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant.1 16 17 On June 20, 2023, plaintiff Jamie B. (“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 applications for supplemental security income benefits (“SSI”) and disability insurance benefits. (ECF No. 1.) On October 31, 2023, the Commissioner filed the Administrative Record. (ECF Nos. 16–18.) Now pending before the Court and ready for decision is Plaintiff’s merits brief. (ECF No. 15.) The Commissioner filed an opposition. (ECF No. 21.) For the reasons set

26 Martin O’Malley, the current Acting Commissioner of Social Security, is automatically substituted as defendant for Kilolo Kijakazi, pursuant to Federal Rule of 28 forth herein, the Court DENIES…