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FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VINH V. LE, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 07-55559 v.  D.C. No.

CV-05-02030-WQH

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, OPINION Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 23, 2008* Pasadena, California

Filed March 10, 2009

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and Milton I. Shadur,** District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2) **The Honorable Milton I. Shadur, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

3097 3100 LE v. ASTRUE

COUNSEL

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

Michael J. Cabotaje, Special Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

In this case, the district…