Chenh Kalah v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

990 F.2d 1258 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Chenh KALAH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-16472. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 11, 1993. * Decided March 25, 1993. Before: NORRIS, HALL, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant Chenh Kalah was denied social security income benefits by an administrative law judge. She filed suit, maintaining that the ALJ's findings were not supported by substantial evidence. The district court denied her motion for summary judgment and granted summary judgment for the Secretary. We affirm. 3 We will disturb the Secretary's decision only "if it is not supported by substantial evidence or it is based on legal error. When the evidence as a whole can support either outcome, the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the ALJ's." Hermes v. Sec. of Health & Human Services, 926 F.2d 789, 790 (9th Cir.), cert.…