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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 GERARD C., Case No.: 23-cv-00018-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MERITS BRIEF

MARTIN O’MALLEY, Acting [ECF No. 18] Commissioner of Social Security,1 16 Defendant.

18 On January 2, 2023, Plaintiff Gerard C. (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) seeking judicial review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”) denying his application for disability insurance benefits.2 22 23 Martin O’Malley, the current Acting Commissioner of Social Security, is automatically substituted as the defendant for Kilolo Kijakazi, the former Acting Commissioner of Social Security, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d). Although the Complaint also challenges a denial of supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, this appears to be an error as no such application or denial exist in the Administrative…