Crane

Crane v. Shalala

Bad Law
76 F.3d 251·1995 WL 804525
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 14, 1996No. 94-35557California1,830 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Wright, J.

ORDER

The request for publication is GRANTED. The memorandum disposition filed on October 23, 1995, is redesignated as an authored opinion by Judge Wright.

OPINION

An administrative law judge denied Crane’s application for social security disability insurance benefits. The district court affirmed and Crane appealed. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 129Í. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Crane has prior work experience as a laborer, carpenter, forest fire fighter, wheelab-rator, cannery clean-up worker and fish hatchery worker. In July 1987, he filed an application for social security benefits, alleging mental disability. An ALJ denied this application. He filed a second application in 1988. An ALJ conducted a hearing at which Pam Hutchinson, a social worker and therapist, testified. The ALJ found that Crane suffered from severe depression and anxiety, but that he did not have an impairment listed in the social security regulations. The ALJ rejected both Crane’s testimony and Hutchinson’s testimony. He found that during the insured period, irom January 1984 through September 1986, Crane could perform his prior work except for jobs involving high stress or requiring sustained…

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