Kathryn Torres v. Kilolo Kijakazi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 1 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KATHRYN DIANE TORRES, No. 20-17272

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-02908-DMC

v.

MEMORANDUM*

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Dennis M. Cota, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 19, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: PAEZ, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Kathryn Torres appeals from the district court’s order affirming the decision

of an administrative law judge (ALJ) partially denying her application for

disability insurance benefits. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

1. The ALJ found that Torres’s statements concerning the “intensity,

persistence, and limiting effects” of her irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and related

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Page 2 of

chronic…