Sarahrose Kilpatrick v. Kilolo Kijakazi

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SARAHROSE KILPATRICK, No. 20-35741 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 6:19-cv-01640- BR KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 8, 2021 Portland, Oregon

Filed May 27, 2022

Before: William A. Fletcher, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bress SUMMARY *

Social Security

The panel affirmed the district court’s judgment upholding the Commissioner of Social Security’s denial of a claimant’s application for Social Security disability benefits.

In accordance with Social Security Act regulations, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) is entitled to rely on a vocational expert’s testimony to support a finding that the clamant can perform occupations that exist in significant numbers in the national economy. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.960(b)(2), 416.966(e). Relying on Buck v. Berryhill, 869 F.3d 1040, 1052 (9th Cir.…