Legal Opinion

Gail Schneyer v. Carolyn W. Colvin

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 11, 2014No. 12-56617Unpublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ***

Gail Schneyer appeals the district court’s judgment affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security that the Government Pension Offset (“GPO”) provision of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 402(k)(5)(A), applied to Schneyer’s spousal benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 402(b), and thereby reduced her monthly benefit payment to zero. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review the decision of the district court de novo, Edlund v. Massanari, 253 F.3d 1152, 1156 (9th Cir.2001), and the district court must affirm an administrative agency’s factual conclusions so…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Robbins v. Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  2. Carl Edlund v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  3. Zelma Weinfield v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993

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