49 soc.sec.rep.ser. 141, unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 14798b, 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7881, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,549 Craig W. Esselstrom v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security

67 F.3d 869 49 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 141, Unempl.Ins.Rep. (CCH) P 14798B , 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7881 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13 ,549 Craig W. ESSELSTROM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security * , Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-35506. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 14, 1995. ** Decided Oct. 6, 1995. Brent Wells, Johnson, Cram & Associates, Eugene, Oregon, for plaintiff-appellant. James M. Miles, Assistant Regional Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Seattle, Washington, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before: SCHROEDER, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge: 1 Craig Esselstrom appeals the district court's order affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health & Human Services denying his application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. Esselstrom claims that he is disabled by schizophrenia. We reverse. BACKGROUND FACTS 2 Esselstrom, who was born in 1950, worked in a timber mill from 1974 to 1979, at which time he quit to attend college. Shortly thereafter,…