Villalobos v. Saul

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 ROSA MARIA VILLALOBOS, Case No.: 19cv1312-LL

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING FIRST 13 v. AMENDED COMPLAINT WITHOUT PREJUDICE 15 Defendant. 16

17 On August 13, 2019, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for IFP status and 18 dismissed Plaintiff’s original Complaint without prejudice for failure to state a claim. ECF 19 No. 7. On August 27, 2019, Plaintiff timely submitted a First Amended Complaint 20 (“FAC”). ECF No. 8. 21 The Court screens Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint as required by 28 U.S.C. 22 1915(e). Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint now identifies both the nature of Plaintiff’s 23 disability and the nature of her disagreement with the Social Security Administration. 24 Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that: (1) she suffers from a “severe medically determinable 25 impairment of degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine” (FAC at ¶ 9(a)); and (2) the 26 ALJ “failed to provide[] specific and legitimate reasons in giving little weight to two Social 27 Security Administration State Agency psychological consultants who assessed a severe 28 | || mental impairment with limitations as required by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527 and case law” 2 (FAC at 7 %(c)). 3 Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint however still fails to identify when she alleges 4 she became disabled. See Varao v. Berryhill, No. 17-cv-02463-LAB-JLB, 2018 U.S. Dist. > || LEXIS 16258, at * 4 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 31, 2018) (“[T]he complaint must state the nature of 6 plaintiff’s disability and when the plaintiff claims she became disabled.”’) (emphasis added) 7 (quoting Montoya v. Colvin, No. 2:16-cv-00454-RFB-NJK, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30114, 8 at *3-5 (D. Nev. Mar. 8, 2016) (citations omitted)). ? In light of the foregoing, the Court DISMISSES Plaintiff's First Amended 10 ! Complaint WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Plaintiff is granted until September 6, 2019 to file Il lla Second Amended Complaint. If Plaintiff fails to file a Second Amended Complaint 12 within the time permitted, or if the Second Amended Complaint fails to address the defect 13 identified above, the Court may enter a final order dismissing the action with prejudice. 15 16 Dated: August 28, 2019 NO Nog) 18 Honorable Linda Lopez 19 United States Magistrate Judge

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