Ker Xiong v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services

967 F.2d 597 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ker XIONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-55919. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 9, 1992. Decided May 26, 1992. Before GOODWIN, WILLIAM A. NORRIS and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Claiming that his physical and mental disabilities rendered him unable to perform any work for which he might be qualified, Ker Xiong filed an initial request for supplemental social security benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act on December 17, 1986. After a process which included two administrative hearings and a remand to the state agency to consider Xiong's alleged mental impairment, an administrative law judge denied Xiong's request for supplemental benefits on September 29, 1988. On May 22, 1989, the Appeals Council also found that Xiong was not disabled, thereby finalizing the decision…