Fallon

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MYA NOELIA FALLON, No. 24-241 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:22-cv-01877-

JAT

v.

LELAND DUDEK, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, OPINION

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 23, 2024 * Phoenix, Arizona

Filed April 24, 2025

Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr., Bridget S. Bade, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Forrest

* The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). SUMMARY **

Social Security / Law of the Case

The panel affirmed the district court’s decision affirming an Administrative Law Judge’s denial of an application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under the Social Security Act, and refusing to reconsider some of the medical evidence following its initial remand to the agency for further proceedings. In the first decision, the district court found that the ALJ properly discounted Dr.…