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LEON v. BERRYHILL

No. 15-15277.

874 F.3d 1130 (2017)

Leopoldo N. LEON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric G. Slepian , Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Erin Highland , Assistant Regional Counsel; David Morado , Regional Chief Counsel, Seattle Region X ; Office of the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Ralph R. Erickson, District Judge.

OPINION

The credit-as-true analysis has evolved in our circuit over time, thus providing a challenge for application by the district court. The rule itself permits, but does not require, a direct award of benefits on review but only where the administrative law judge (ALJ) has not provided sufficient reasoning for...

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