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GATLIFF v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

No. 97-36161.

172 F.3d 690 (1999)

Loyd E. GATLIFF, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. James Tree, Yakima, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Richard H. Wetmore, Social Security Administration, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: LEAVY, McKEOWN, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.

Does a string of sequential, short-term jobs constitute "substantial gainful activity" under the Social Security Act (the "Act")? 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3)(A). Put more directly, does a claimant's cobbling together some 150 different jobs over his remaining 25-year work life constitute meaningful, sustained employment?

We must decide whether a Social Security claimant's ability to perform successive jobs, generally lasting no more...

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