Patricia Carpenter v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary, of Health and Human Services

9 F.3d 1550 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Patricia CARPENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-55336. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 3, 1993. * Decided Sept. 9, 1993. 1 Before: BRUNETTI, KOZINSKI and BOGGS, ** Circuit Judges. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Patricia Carpenter appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. We review the district court's decision de novo. Hammock v. Bowen, 879 F.2d 498, 501 (9th Cir.1989). 4 A. We will not disturb the Secretary's denial of benefits, as it was supported by substantial evidence and free of legal error. Magallanes v. Bowen, 881 F.2d 747, 750 (9th Cir.1989). The Secretary properly relied on the testimony of non-examining medical advisors, see id. at 752-53 ; when combined with the rest of the record, this testimony provided substantial evidence for the…