United States Ninth Circuit
Warre v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin., 04-35778
A decision terminating the supplemental security income benefits of plaintiff's minor son is affirmed where: 1)the defendant-commissioner permissibly interpreted a listing defining a growth impairment to be a disability, and 2) substantial evidence supported a finding that plaintiff-s son had medically improved to the point where he no longer met the listing's requirements.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/17/2006
- Published 02/20/2006
Judges
- GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before: FERGUSON, KLEINFELD, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- David B. Lowry, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Leisa A. Wolf, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.