Van

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HOA HONG VAN, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 04-56424 v. D.C. No.

JO ANNE B. BARNHART,  CV-01-00402-LAB/

Commissioner of Social Security AJB Administration, OPINION Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2006—Pasadena, California

Filed February 26, 2007

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, Stephen Reinhardt, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Reinhardt

2133 2136 VAN v. BARNHART

COUNSEL

Alexandra T. Manbeck, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney, Janice L. Walli, Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, John C. Cusker, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, San Francisco, Cali- fornia, for the defendant-appellee. VAN v. BARNHART 2137

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

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