Sam

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GARY D. SAM,  No. 08-35108 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-07-00085-RRB

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Ralph R. Beistline, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 7, 2008—Anchorage, Alaska

Filed December 15, 2008

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, A. Wallace Tashima and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

16427 16428 SAM v. ASTRUE

COUNSEL

Paul B. Eaglin, Eaglin Law Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Terrye E. Shea, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Office of General Counsel, Seattle, Washing- ton, for the defendant-appellee. SAM v. ASTRUE 16429

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Gary D. Sam, who suffers from a degenerative condition affecting his cervical spine, appeals the district court’s affir- mance of an administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) order deny- ing Sam disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. The ALJ found…