Carmickle

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RONALD CARMICKLE, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 05-36128 v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-01471-JO

COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION, OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Robert E. Jones, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 6, 2007* Portland, Oregon

Filed July 24, 2008

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Susan P. Graber and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Graber

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

Tim Wilborn, Wilborn & Associates, P.C., West Linn, Ore- gon, filed briefs for the plaintiff-appellant. 9144 CARMICKLE v. COMMISSIONER, SSA Richard A. Morris, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Secur- ity Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Seattle, Washington, filed a brief for the defendant-appellee; Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney,…