Christopher Obrien v. Frank Bisignano

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTOPHER A. OBRIEN, No. 22-55360

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 8:20-cv- 01356-AS v.

FRANK BISIGNANO, Commissioner OPINION of Social Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Alka Sagar, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 2, 2024 Pasadena, California Filed July 1, 2025 Before: Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Daniel P. Collins, and Holly A. Thomas, Circuit Judges. ∗ Opinion by Judge Collins ∗ This case was originally argued and submitted to a panel consisting of Judges Kleinfeld, Watford, and Collins. After Judge Watford resigned from the court and Judge Kleinfeld became unavailable, Judges Nguyen and H.A. Thomas were drawn to replace them pursuant to General Order 3.2(h), the submission to the prior panel was vacated, and the case was reargued and resubmitted. SUMMARY **

Social Security

The panel reversed the district court’s judgment upholding the denial by a Social Security Administration (SSA) administrative law judge (ALJ) of…