MASSACHI v. ASTRUE

No. 05-55201.

486 F.3d 1149 (2007)

Eshagh MASSACHI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie M. Simpson, Northridge, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Armand Roth, Assistant United States Attorney, and Eric K.H. Chinn, Special Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before T.G. NELSON, SUSAN P. GRABER, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Eshagh Massachi appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment upholding the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") benefits. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

We must decide for the first time whether, in light of the requirements of Social Security Ruling ("SSR") 00-4p, an administrative law judge ("ALJ") may...

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