Burch

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEBORAH L. BURCH, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 03-15986 v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-05427-LJO

JO ANNE B. BARNHART,

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence J. O’Neill, Magistrate, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 9, 2004—San Francisco, California

Filed January 20, 2005

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Robert E. Cowen,* and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Cowen

*The Honorable Robert E. Cowen, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.

2867 2870 BURCH v. BARNHART

COUNSEL

Steven G. Rosales, Santa Fe Springs, California, for the appellant.

Elizabeth Noteware, San Francisco, California, for the appel- lee.

OPINION

COWEN, Circuit Judge:

Deborah L. Burch appeals the district court’s order affirm- ing the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”), which denied her applications for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits under Titles II…