United States Ninth Circuit

In a case in which a woman filed applications for both Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and Social Security Income benefits, and an ALJ denied benefits for a certain period, the district court's grant of summary judgment affirming the ALJ's decision is reversed, where the SSA Commissioner erred in concluding that there existed a "significant number" of jobs in the regional and national economy that the plaintiff could do, given the rarity of surveillance system monitor jobs and the plaintiff's physical and mental limitations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/02/2012
• Published 05/02/2012

Judges

• Pregerson

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence David Rohlfing, Jean Marie Turk