Beth Nevin v. Carolyn Colvin

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BETH ANN NEVIN, No. 23-35420 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:22-cv-00131-

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CAROLYN W. COLVIN,* Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Rosanna Malouf Peterson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 13, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Filed January 22, 2025

Before: William A. Fletcher and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge W. Fletcher

* Carolyn W. Colvin is substituted as Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c). ** The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. SUMMARY***

Social Security

The panel reversed the district court’s decision on claimant’s second application for disability benefits and remanded to the agency with directions to award benefits on that application, and…