Mark Johnson v. Kilolo Kijakazi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 8 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARK JOHNSON, No. 21-15919

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-02001-JDP

v.

MEMORANDUM*

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Jeremy D. Peterson, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 14, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge BEA.

Plaintiff-Appellant Mark Johnson appeals from a summary judgment order in

which the district court sustained an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) decision to

deny Johnson’s request for disability benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. “We review the district court’s order affirming the ALJ’s denial of social

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. security benefits de novo and will disturb the denial of benefits…