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MOORE v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

No. 00-15947.

278 F.3d 920 (2002)

James W. MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, being sued as Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Wilborn and Etta L. Wilborn, Tucson, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.

William W. Youngman, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, OR, and Amy L. Gilbrough, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: POLITZ, W. FLETCHER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to decide what weight an administrative law judge may give to an applicant's employment that begins after the end of the period for which the applicant is seeking Social Security disability benefits. We hold that such employment, unless wholly inconsistent with the claimed disability, is not a "specific and legitimate" reason for rejecting the opinions of examining physicians contradicted only by a

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