Cases

OPINION MERRITT, Circuit Judge. Ricky Lee Smith filed an application for supplemental security income resulting from disability. A hearing was conducted before an administrative law judge (“ALJ”). The ALJ issued an unfavorable decision, finding that Smith was not disabled under the Social Security Act. The notice of.decision stated that Smith had sixty d

PER CURIAM: Ashley Nicole Sullivan appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of her application for disability insurance benefits. She argues the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) failed to adequately address the impact of her impaired fine motor speed, brachydactyly, and syndactyly on her ability to work. She also argues the ALJ incorrectly credited a medical opinion as support

PER CURIAM: Charolette A. Williams filed an application for disability insurance benefits with the Commissioner of Social Security; an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denied the application; and the district court affirmed the ALJ’s denial. Williams, proceeding pro se, now appeals the district court’s decision. She argues that (1) the ALJ erred in rejecting the medical opinion of her treating physician, Dr. Ashraf Hanna, and (2

DECISION AND ENTRY: (1) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT; (2) REVERSING THE ALJ’S NON-DISABILITY FINDING AS UNSUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE; (3) REMANDING THIS CASE TO THE COMMISSIONER UNDER THE FOURTH SENTENCE OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) FOR PROCEEDINGS CONSISTENT WITH THIS OPINION; AND (4) TERMINATING THIS CASE ON THE COURT’S DOCKET Michael J. Newman, United States Magistrate Judge This Social S

PER CURIAM: We have reviewed the briefs and the relevant parts of the record. Giving due deference to the Administrative Law Judge’s opportunity to make credibility determinations and responsibility for weighing the evidence, we conclude that the magistrate judge’s determination that substantial evidence supports the Commissioner of Social Security’s decision to deny Miguel Lopez’s applications for a period of disability, disa

PER CURIAM: Luis Rodriguez appeals from the district court’s order affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of his application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income (collectively, “disability benefits”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g), 1383(c)(3). On appeal, Rodriguez argues that the ALJ erred in determining, at step three of the sequential evaluation, that his mental impairments did not meet

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge This matter is before the Court on the plaintiffs motion for approval of attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 406(b). Counsel seeks approval of a fee of $9,680.50. The attorney for the Commissioner, a special assistant United States attorney with the Social Security Administration’s regional office

MEMORANDUM CURTIS L. COLLIER, District Judge. Plaintiff Melissa Ren’e Kennedy (“Plaintiff’) brought this action on June 1, 2012 seeking judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant”) denying Plaintiffs claim for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1382. The Court referred the matter to United St

DECISION AND ENTRY ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (DOC. #16) IN THEIR ENTIRETY; DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS TO SAID JUDICIAL FILING (DOC. #17) OVERRULED; JUDGMENT TO BE ENTERED IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND AGAINST DEFENDANT COMMISSIONER, REVERSING COMMISSIONER’S DECISION THAT PLAINTIFF WAS NOT DISABLED AND, THEREFORE, NOT ENTITLED TO BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AND REMANDING THE CAPTIONED CAUSE TO THE DEFENDANT

MARTIN, Circuit Judge: Richard Culbertson was counsel to the four plaintiffs shown in the caption here, who asked for and were awarded Social Security disability benefits. This appeal consolidates the four cases, and it is about attorney’s fees for Mr. Culbertson. To his credit, Mr. Culbertson represented Katrina Wood, Celalettin Akarcay, Bill Westfall, and Darleen Schuster (t

PER CURIAM: Terrence Jacks appeals the district court’s order affirming the Administration Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of his application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, pursuant to *81642 U.S.C. §§ 405(g) and 1383(c)(3), respectively. On appeal, Jacks argues that substantial evidence does not support the ALJ’s determination regardin

DECISION AND ENTRY THOMAS M. ROSE, District Judge. The Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Michael J. Newman (Doc. # 14), to whom this case was referred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), and noting that no objections have been filed thereto and that the time for filing such objections under Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b) has expired, hereby ADOPTS said Report and Recommend

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Justice Breyer *1001 took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part: I agree with the majority that the ALJ erred in discrediting Treichler’s medically determinable pain and symptom testimony based on a boilerplate credibility determination. I part company, however, with the majority’s remand for further proceedings. I would, instead, remand for the award of benefits. I, there

DECISION AND ENTRY ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (DOC. #10) IN THEIR ENTIRETY; DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS TO SAID JUDICIAL FILING (DOC. #11) OVERRULED; JUDGMENT TO BE ENTERED IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND AGAINST DEFENDANT COMMISSIONER, REVERSING COMMISSIONER’S DECISION THAT PLAINTIFF WAS NOT DISABLED AND, THEREFORE, NOT ENTITLED TO BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. AND REMANDING THE CAPTIONED CAUSE TO THE DEFENDANT

OPINION KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant Hope Kerr (on behalf of her deceased husband Hank W. Kerr) appeals the judgment of a United States Magistrate Judge denying as moot her motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). In April 2015, Kerr sought judicial review of the final decision of the

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Charles A. Fields appeals the district court’s orders affirming the Commissioner’s decision to deny Fields a period of disability and disability insurance benefits and denying Fields’s Fed.R.Civ.P. 59 motion. We must uphold the decision to deny benefits if it is suppo

PER CURIAM: Thomas Scott Henry appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Social Security Administration’s denial of his application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. On appeal, Henry argues that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred by (1) refusing to give pr

MEMORANDUM OPINION WILLIAM L. STANDISH, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, Angela Lee Dunkle, seeks judicial review of a decision of Defendant, Commissioner of Social Security (“the Commissioner”), denying her applications for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) and supplemental security income (“SSI”) under Titles II and XVI, respectively, of the Social Security Ac

OPINION RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge. Charles Gayheart applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits (DIB) in December 2005 due to manifestations of anxiety, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, and depression. After an initial denial of his application and three separate hearings, an administrative law judge (ALJ) found that the limitations ca