United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 20-2598 RANDALL RUENGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. No. 19-CV-1160 — Nancy Joseph, Magistrate Judge. ____________________

ARGUED NOVEMBER 16, 2021 — DECIDED JANUARY 14, 2022 ____________________

Before BRENNAN, SCUDDER, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. When a person applies for disability benefits, the Social Security Administration evaluates whether signifi- cant numbers of jobs exist in the national economy for some- one with that person’s limitations. Administrative law judges often rely on vocational experts to estimate these job numbers. But ALJs cannot afford complete discretion to vocational 2