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MEMORANDUM2 Sandra Sorenson appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) to deny her application for supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1383. This court’s jurisdiction to review the judgment of a magistrate judge depends upon the consent of the parti

Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge GRABER. O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: We must decide whether the district court properly affirmed the Commissioner’s denial of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits in this case. I Carmickle alleges disability and seeks benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 423, d

GRABER, Circuit Judge: After the parties settled this class action, the district court awarded Plaintiffs $989,431.08 in attorney fees, which was about $500,000 less than they had requested. The Commissioner of the United States Social Security Administration (“the federal Defendant”) appeals, arguing that the fee award is too large; Plaintiffs cross-appeal, arguing that the fee award is too small. We hold that (1) the distr

239 F.3d 1140 (9th Cir. 2001) PHILLIP D. SORENSON; BILLY J. ONEY; PATRICIA FOSTER; PAUL JACOBS; HIEN THU NGUYEN; KATHLEEN M. BOGAN; HOA KIM NGU, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; ROBERTA F. OLWELL, Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants,v.BOB MINK, Acting Director of the Department of Human Services;* JOIL SOUTH WELL, Administrator of the Vocational Rehabilitation Di

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (DKT. 22) AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DKT. 17), IN PART, DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DKT. 21), AND REMANDING TO THE COMMISSIONER MARK A. GOLDSMITH, District Judge. This matter is presently before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (“R & R”) of Magistrate Judge Laurie J. Michelson, entered on Sept

113 F.3d 1246 97 CJ C.A.R. 887 NOTICE: Although citation of unpublished opinions remains unfavored, unpublished opinions may now be cited if the opinion has persuasive value on a material issue, and a copy is attached to the citing document or, if cited in oral argument, copies are furnished to the Court and all parties. See General Order of November 29, 1993, suspending 10th Cir. Rule 36.3 until December 31, 1995,

OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW Carlos Gutierrez filed claims for supplemental security income (“SSI”). The Commissioner denied the claims by initial determination, and Gutierrez requested a de novo hearing by an Administrative Law *521 Judge

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FIREMEN’S RETIREMENT SYSTEM ) OF ST. LOUIS, derivatively on behalf of ) Marriott International, Inc., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 2019-0965-LWW ) ARNE M. SORENSON, J.W. ) MARRIOTT

BEEZER, concurring in part and dissenting in part: Charles Frost appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security. The decision denies an award of Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) disability benefits to Frost after October 31, 1997 because Frost was no longer disabled after that date. We have jurisdiction over this timely

PER CURIAM: Chiad Saelee appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (Commissioner) in her action challenging the Commissioner’s denial of supplemental income disability benefits under the Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The administrative law judge (ALJ) found that Saelee was not disabled wi

69 F.3d 547 NOTICE: Although citation of unpublished opinions remains unfavored, unpublished opinions may now be cited if the opinion has persuasive value on a material issue, and a copy is attached to the citing document or, if cited in oral argument, copies are furnished to the Court and all parties. See General Order of November 29, 1993, suspending 10th Cir. Rule 36.3 until December 31, 1995, or further order. Lel

FILED OCTOBER 31, 2017 In the Office of the Clerk of Court WA State Court of Appeals, Division III IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION THREE SWANSONHAYCOMPANY, ) ) No. 34566-

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DR. RAHINAH IBRAHIM, an Nos. 14-16161 individual, 14-17272 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 3:06-cv-545- WHA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELA

ORDER LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge. This class action addressed the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s improper decision to turn away certain applicants for legalization during a one-year period from 1987 to 1988. The court approved the parties’ settlement agreement in January 2004. On December 14, 2009, 2009 WL 4928377, the court issued an order that, inter alia,

OPINION LAMBERTH, Senior District Judge: Plaintiff-Appellant Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim appeals the district court’s award of attorney’s fees and expenses pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 and the Supreme Court’s decision in Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983). She co

Chief Judge KATZMANN dissents in a separate opinion. GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge: magistrate judge. *152For nearly seventy years, antibiotics have provided dramatic medical advances in the treatment of bacterial infections.1 *153For nearly as long, scientists have

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JAMES C. FRANCIS IV, United States Magistrate Judge. Plaintiffs Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (“NRDC”), Center for Science in the Public Interest, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Public Citizen, and Union of Concerned Scientists brought this action against the various government defendants seeking to compel the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) to

83 F.3d 322 50 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 662, Unempl.Ins.Rep. (CCH) P 15224B,96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3292,96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5374Chiad SAELEE, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social SecurityAdministration,* Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-16664. United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.

80 F.3d 1273 50 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 500, Unempl.Ins.Rep. (CCH) P 15161B,96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2159,96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3640Catherine A. SMOLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social SecurityAdministration,* Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-35056. United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.

MEMORANDUM OPINION ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, United States District Judge Plaintiff Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, a collective-bargaining organization that represents science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (“STEM”) workers, has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). Plaintiff challenges an interim final rul