Gregory Mergenthaler v. Kilolo Kijakazi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 24 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GREGORY J. MERGENTHALER, No. 19-35877

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 9:19-cv-00007-KLD

v.

MEMORANDUM*

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Kathleen Louise DeSoto, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2020 Portland, Oregon

Before: PAEZ and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and PREGERSON,** District Judge.

Gregory Mergenthaler (“Mergenthaler”) appeals the district court’s

judgment affirming the Social Security Commissioner’s partial denial of his

applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Dean D. Pregerson, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social…