Legal Opinion
Brewes v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 14, 2012No. 11-35216PublishedCited by 668 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
Mindy Brewes appeals an order of the district court affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s final decision denying her disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-434. We must decide, among other things, whether the district court should have considered evidence Brewes did not submit to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) but submitted for the first time to the Appeals Council, which accepted and considered the new evidence but declined to review the ALJ’s decision.
The Commissioner contends that when the Appeals…
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