Legal Opinion
April Dominguez v. Carolyn Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 14, 2015No. 13-17380PublishedCited by 925 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
April Dominguez’s second application for disability benefits was denied after an administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that she was not disabled. 1 After the government conceded that the ALJ made a legal error when it rejected the opinions of Dominguez’s treating physician without giving sufficient reasons, the district court exercised its discretion to remand the case to the ALJ for further proceedings. On appeal, Dominguez argues that the district court abused its discretion in not remanding with instructions to award benefits. We reject Dominguez’s argument…
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