Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Benton, on Behalf of Lynn Benton v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2003No. 02-55941PublishedCited by 321 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Jeffrey Benton, on behalf of his deceased wife Lynn Benton (“Benton”), appeals the district court’s affirmance of the Commissioner’s denial of her claim for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits. An Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that Benton was not mentally disabled. In doing so, he refused to credit the opinion of Benton’s psychiatrist as her treating physician. The ALJ instead relied upon the opinion of a psychiatrist who examined Benton once at the behest of the state of California. According to a testifying vocational expert, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Bunnell v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by321 opinions
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