United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of an application for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act is affirmed over claims that the ALJ: 1) failed to give any res judicata effect to her prior disability finding; 2) improperly rejected the opinions of her treating doctors and improperly found claimant's testimony was not credible; and 3) failed to meet his burden of identifying specific jobs, available in significant numbers, which claimant could perform despite her impairments.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/05/2008
• Decided 08/22/2008
• Published 08/22/2008

Judges

• GONZALEZ, Chief District Judge:, Before:  FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and IRMA E. GONZALEZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• D. James Tree, Attorney at Law, Yakima, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Blume and David R. Johnson, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.