Legal Opinion
Joseph Bustamante v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2001No. 99-17194PublishedCited by 1,161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Bustamante appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the Social Security Administration’s (“SSA”) denial of his application for disability benefits and for Supplemental Security Income under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (“the Act”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse and remand because (1) the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) prematurely evaluated the impact of Bustamante’s alcoholism pri- or to completing the five-step sequential disability inquiry; and (2) the ALJ’s conclusion that Bustamante did not have a severe…
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