O'Malley
Smith v. O'Malley
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 25 2024
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
GWENDOLYN SMITH, No. 23-3220 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:22-cv-01537-JAT v.
MEMORANDUM*
MARTIN J. O’MALLEY, Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted November 6, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona
Before: PAEZ, BERZON, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
Gwendolyn Smith appeals the district court’s affirmance of the denial of her
Social Security disability insurance application. We reverse and remand.
1. The ALJ provided “specific and legitimate” reasons for discounting the
opinions of Dr. Briggs, Dr. Bhalla, and Dr. Steingart. Trevizo v. Berryhill, 871 F.3d
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 664, 675 (9th Cir. 2017). Dr. Bhalla began seeing Smith six months after her
disability insurance coverage ended. There is no…