Flight crew reported severe turbulence on initial descent.

Attributes
ACN	1724831
Time
Date	202002
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SCT.TRACON
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 9500 Flight Crew Type 150
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

On descent from hitop to nitey we experienced severe turbulence. Uncommanded roll and pitch encountered. Aircraft behind us reported the same.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Crew reported severe turbulence on initial descent.

Narrative: On descent from HITOP to NITEY we experienced severe turbulence. Uncommanded roll and pitch encountered. Aircraft behind us reported the same.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.