STRAUSS v. COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

No. 10-35139.

635 F.3d 1135 (2011)

Robert W. STRAUSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sydney Foster , Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Kathryn A. Miller , Assistant Regional Counsel, Region X, Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant.

David B. Lowry , Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges, and JAMES V. SELNA, District Judge.


OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Robert W. Strauss seeks social security disability benefits, which the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner") ultimately denied after two hearings. The district court held that, in rendering his second decision, the administrative law judge ("ALJ") had failed to comply with express directives in remand orders from the court and from the Social Security Administration's Appeals Council ("Appeals Council"...

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