Stout

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GORDON STOUT, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 04-36006 v.  D.C. No.

CV-03-06113-MFM

COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Malcolm F. Marsh, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 9, 2005* Portland, Oregon

Filed July 25, 2006

Before: James R. Browning, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Browning; Dissent by Judge O’Scannlain

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

8319 8322 STOUT v. COMMISSIONER, SSA

COUNSEL

Alan S. Graf and Kimberly K. Tucker, Alan Stuart Graf, P.C., Portland, Oregon, for the appellant.

Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C.; Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney, and Craig J. Casey, Assis- tant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Portland, Oregon; and Vikash Chhagan,…