SMITH v. KIJAKAZI

No. 20-35487.

14 F.4th 1108 (2021)

Kenneth E. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kilolo KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eitan Kassel Yanich (argued), Law Office of Eitan Kassel Yanich PLLC, Olympia, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher J. Brackett (argued), Special Assistant United States Attorney; Mathew W. Pile , Regional Chief Counsel; Kerry Jane Keefe , Assistant United States Attorney; Tessa M. Gorman , Assistant United States Attorney; Office of the General Counsel, Region X, Social Security Administration, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff, District Judge.


OPINION

Plaintiff Kenneth E. Smith appeals the district court's affirmance of the 2019 decision of an administrative law judge (ALJ) denying his application for Social Security disability benefits. The ALJ's conclusion that Smith was not disabled at the time of the hearing was supported by substantial evidence....

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