Olga Leza v. Kilolo Kijakazi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 17 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OLGA LEZA, No. 21-16079

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-01066-JAT

v.

MEMORANDUM*

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 8, 2022 Phoenix, Arizona

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

Plaintiff-Appellant Olga Leza (“Leza”) appeals the district court’s order

affirming an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of Social Security

disability benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse

and remand.

Leza suffers from chronic hypertension that is resistant to medication. In

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. denying Leza’s claim for disability and disability insurance benefits, the ALJ

assigned “little weight” to the medical…