TIDWELL v. APFEL

No. 97-35863.

161 F.3d 599 (1998)

Betty TIDWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1998.

As Amended January 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Lowry, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Kristine Olson, United States Attorney, Judith D. Kobbervig, Assistant United States Attorney, Lucille G. Meis, Chief Counsel, Seattle Region, Richard H. Wetmore, Assistant Regional Counsel, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: J. Clifford WALLACE and Alex KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and David Alan EZRA, District Judge.


EZRA, District Judge:

Appellant appeals from the District Court's decision affirming the Administrative Law Judge's ("ALJ") denial of Appellant's application for disability insurance. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Our review of the Commissioner's decision is "essentially the same as that undertaken by...

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