KAUFMANN v. KIJAKAZI

No. 21-35344.

32 F.4th 843 (2022)

Jody KAUFMANN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kilolo KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher H. Dellert (argued) and Jeffrey Baird (argued), Dellert Baird Law Offices PLLC, University Place, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher Brackett (argued), Special Assistant United States Attorney; Erin F. Highland , Assistant Regional Counsel; Willy Le , Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Seattle Region X; Kerry Jane Keefe , Assistant United States Attorney; Nicholas W. Brown , United States Attorney; Office of the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Susan P. Graber, Carlos T. Bea, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Claimant Jody Kaufmann timely appeals the district court's amended judgment in favor of the Commissioner of Social Security, who had denied Claimant's request for Social Security disability benefits. We decide two important issues. First, 42 U.S.C. § 902(a)(3), which permits the President to remove the...

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