Legal Opinion

Strauss v. COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 28, 2011No. 10-35139PublishedCited by 350 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Robert W. Strauss seeks social security disability benefits, which the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) ultimately denied after two hearings. The district court held that, in rendering his second decision, the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) had failed to comply with express directives in remand orders from the court and from the Social Security Administration’s Appeals Council (“Appeals Council”) and, for that reason, remanded for payment of benefits. We reverse and remand to the district court to consider whether the evidence…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Kathryn L. Benecke v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  3. Kathleen Briscoe, on Behalf of Nelson Taylor, Deceased v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  4. Betty L. Varney v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988

3Cited by350 opinions

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  4. Steven James v Charles L. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  5. Solomon v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin.District Court, D. Arizona · 2019

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