TOMMASETTI v. ASTRUE

No. 06-55999.

533 F.3d 1035 (2008)

Anthony TOMMASETTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young Cho, Esq., Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing Attorneys At Law, for plaintiff-appellant Anthony Tommasetti.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, George S. Cardona, Acting United States Attorney, Lucille Gonzales Meis, Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, and Geralyn A. Gulseth (Argued), Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, for defendant-appellee Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.


CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

Anthony Tommasetti ("Tommasetti") filed an application for Social Security benefits claiming that he was unable to work because of lower back pain and diabetes mellitus. After an initial denial of that application, and following what the district court characterized as an "administrative odyssey," the Social Security Appeals Council remanded Tommasetti's claim to a new Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") to conduct a de novo hearing. At that...

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