United States Ninth Circuit

If an administrative law judge (ALJ) finds adequate a report for physical capacity regarding an applicant's disability, the ALJ is not required to seek additional information, even if the report is contradictory to an earlier report.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2001
• Decided 01/24/2002
• Published 01/24/2002

Judges

• RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge., Before T.G. NELSON, GRABER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tim Wilborn, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Norman M. Barbosa, Assistant Regional Counsel for the Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.