Legal Opinion
Donald Stacy v. Carolyn Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2016No. 13-36025PublishedCited by 296 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
Donald Stacy appeals the denial of his social security benefits, contending that the ALJ violated the law of the case doctrine and the rule of mandate by revisiting his ability to do his past work on remand. Stacy also argues the ALJ erred by characterizing his past work according to the least demanding aspect of his former job (as a stationary engineer supervisor). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and hold in this case of first impression that the law of the case doctrine and the rule of mandate apply to social security administrative remands from…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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